Evaluation of the Migration Potential for (60)Co and (137)Cs at the Maine Yankee Site.

Fuhrmann, M. ; Sullivan, T.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Maine Yankee reactor;    Cobalt 60;    Cesium 137;    Radionuclide migration;    Sorption;   

RP-ID  :  DE200415006725

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

美国|英语

来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

The objective of this report is to discuss the degree of sorption and desorption of (sup 137)Cs and (sup 60)Co that may be associated with the granite bedrock and the 'popcorn' cement drain system that underlie the Maine Yankee Containment Foundation. The purpose is to estimate how much retardation of these two radionuclides takes place in groundwater that flows in the near-field of the Containment Foundation, specifically with respect to contamination originating at the PAB Test Pit. Specific concerns revolve around the potential for the contamination originating near the PAB to create a radioactive dose to a hypothetical 'resident farmer' using a well intercepting this water to exceed 4 millirems/yr.