Release Data Package for Hanford Site Assessments

Riley, Robert G. ; Lopresti, Charles A. ; Engel, David W.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: 99 General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;    Ground Water;    Remedial Action;    Soils;    11 Nuclear Fuel Cycle And Fuel Materials;   

DOI  :  10.2172/896361
RP-ID  :  PNNL-15965
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  896361

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Beginning in fiscal year (FY) 2003, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Richland Operations Office initiated activities, including the development of data packages, to support a Hanford assessment. This report describes the data compiled in FY 2003 through 2005 to support the Release Module of the System Assessment Capability (SAC) for the updated composite analysis. This work was completed as part of the Characterization of Systems Project, part of the Remediation and Closure Science Project, the Hanford Assessments Project, and the Characterization of Systems Project managed by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Related characterization activities and data packages for the vadose zone and groundwater are being developed under the remediation Decision Support Task of the Groundwater Remediation Project managed by Fluor Hanford, Inc. The Release Module applies release models to waste inventory data from the Inventory Module and accounts for site remediation activities as a function of time. The resulting releases to the vadose zone, expressed as time profiles of annual rates, become source terms for the Vadose Zone Module. Radioactive decay is accounted for in all inputs and outputs of the Release Module. The Release Module is implemented as the VADER (Vadose zone Environmental Release) computer code. Key components of the Release Module are numerical models (i.e., liquid, soil-debris, cement, saltcake, and reactor block) that simulate contaminant release from the different waste source types found at the Hanford Site. The Release Module also handles remediation transfers to onsite and offsite repositories.