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报告编号	DE20131067381
	NNSS Soils Monitoring: Plutonium Valley (CAU 366) FY2012.
	Miller, J. J; Mizell, S. A; Nikolich, G; McCurdy, G; Campbell, S.
英文摘要	The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nevada Site Office (NSO), Environmental Restoration Soils Activity has authorized the Desert Research Institute (DRI) to conduct field assessments of potential sediment transport of contaminated soil from Corrective Action Unit (CAU) 366, Area 11 Plutonium Valley Dispersion Sites Contamination Area (CA) during precipitation runoff events. Field measurements at the T-4 Atmospheric Test Site (CAU 370) suggest that radionuclide-contaminated soils may have migrated along a shallow ephemeral drainage that traverses the site (NNSA/NSO, 2009). (It is not entirely clear how contaminated soils got into their present location at the T-4 Site, but flow to the channel has been redirected and the contamination does not appear to be migrating at present.) Aerial surveys in selected portions of the Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) also suggest that radionuclide-contaminated soils may be migrating along ephemeral channels in Areas 3, 8, 11, 18, and 25 (Colton, 1999). In Area 11, several low-level airborne surveys of the Plutonium Valley Dispersion Sites (CAU 366) show plumes of Americium 241 (Am-241) extending along ephemeral channels (Figure 1, marker numbers 5 and 6) below Corrective Action Site (CAS) 11-23-03 (marker number 3) and CAS 11-23-04 (marker number 4) (Colton, 1999). Plutonium Valley in Area 11 of the NNSS was selected for the study because of the aerial survey evidence suggesting downstream transport of radionuclide-contaminated soil. The aerial survey (Figure 1) shows a well defined finger of elevated radioactivity (marker number 5) extending to the southwest from the southernmost detonation site (marker number 4). This finger of contamination overlies a drainage channel mapped on the topographic base map used for presentation of the survey data suggesting surface runoff as a likely cause of the contaminated area. Additionally, instrumenting sites strongly suspected of conveying soil from areas of surface contamination offers the most efficient means to confirm that surface runoff may transport radioactive contamination as a result of ambient precipitation/runoff events.
英文关键词	Environmental monitoring Soils Aerial surveys Contamination Meteorological conditions Plutonium Precipitation Radioactivity Runoff Surface contamination Navy Navigation Satellite Systems(NNSS)
出版年	2012
语种	英语
国家	United States
URL	http://r.cnki.net/KCMS/detail/detail.aspx?DbCode=KJBG&dbname=KJBGW&filename=59fb309b31c97d1d54a0319c
来源机构	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
资源类型	科技报告
条目标识符	http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/273864
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Miller, J. J,Mizell, S. A,Nikolich, G,et al. NNSS Soils Monitoring: Plutonium Valley (CAU 366) FY2012.,2012.