Hanford radioactive waste management plans (open access)

Hanford radioactive waste management plans

This addendum provides primarily the information relative to waste management as called out in the unclassified report. This information is provided in the following tables. In addition to the gaseous radionuclides (Ar-41, I-131, H-3) noted in the unclassified report, krypton and xenon are also released during dissolution of fuel. The chemically inert character of these elements prevents their removal by the usual off-gas treatment, but at the same time also prevents their uptake by biological species. Thus, these radionuclide contribution to personnel dose is only through direct exposure to stack effluent. Dilution by the atmosphere effectively reduces the concentrations of all these gases so that they are undetectable beyond the reservation boundaries. Radioactive krypton and xenon contribute essentially nothing to radiation dose off-site and very little on-site.
Date: January 15, 1969
Creator: Elgert, O. J.; Kuhlman, C. W.; Voiland, E. E. & Warren, J. H.
System: The UNT Digital Library