IDO-12040

RADIOACTIVE

WASTE DISPOSAL DATA

FOR THE ^̂^ . ^1

NATIONAL REACTOR TESTING

STATION

Joe H. Osloond

April 7, 1965

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IDO-12040

RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL DATA FOR THE

NATIONAL REACTOR TESTING STATION

Joe H, Osloond

April 7p 1965

Health and Safety Division TJ. S„ Atomic Energy Commission

Idaho Falls5 Idaho

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RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL DATA FOR HRTS FACILITIES

Joe H. Osloond

Health and Safety Division U. S. Atoioic Energy Commission

Idaho Falls^ Idaho

ABSTRACT

This report sxanmarizes the data pertaining to the disposal of radio-active waste at the National Reactor Testing Station. The voltames of liquid^ gaseous and solid wastes are reported with the concentration and total amounts of contained nuclides given. Detailed infonaation is listed for the years 1962 through 196^. Yearly summary totals are listed for the years since 1955-

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

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Ill, Radioactive Liquid Waste

I¥, Radioactive Waste Discharged to the Atmosphere ....

V. Solid Radioactive Waste

LIST OF TABLES

Table I Liquid Waste Discharged to Seepage Ponds

Table II Liquid Waste Discharged to the Lithosphere JL^Jtf \X.^'0^ J • o a « e 0 « « o o e a o o 0 0 O O 0 » 0 a n 0 o » a a 0 a o 0 0 «

Table III Liquid Waste Discharged to Seepage Ponds NRF (AlW-EGF and SIW) (1964) ,

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Table I¥

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Table ¥1

Radioactive Liquid Waste Summary (1955-1964) .,

Liquid Waste Discharged to Seepage Ponds i, J,^J^'™£! JLJ^ %^JL^\JJ J B s 0 0 O 0 9 o a a 0 O o 0 0 0 o e 0 a 0 9 O O 0 O a a o 0 i

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Table ¥11 Liquid Waste Discharged to Seepage Ponds NRF (AlW-ECF and SIW) (1963) ... 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 '

Table VIII Liquid Waste Discharged to Seepage Ponds -ETR (1962)

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ii

ii

ii

1

2

3

15

20

7

8

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10

11

12

Table IX Liquid Waste Discharged to the L i thosphere ICPP (1962) 13

Table X Liquid Waste Discharged to Seepage Ponds NRF (AlW-ECF and SIW) (1962) 14

Table XI Radioactivity Discharged to the Atmosphere (1964) (ANL, ICPP and MIR-ETR) ..,.,....,. 16

Table XII Radioactivity Discharged to the Atmosphere Summary (1955 - 1964) „,...................... 17

Table XIII Radioactivity Discharged to the Atmosphere (1963) (ANLj ICPP and MTR-ETR) ..,...,......., 18

Table XI¥ Radioactivity Discharged to the Atmosphere (1962) (TREATj ICPP and MTR-ETR) ............. 19

Table XV On- and Off-Site Solid Radioactive Waste

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RADIOACTOTE WAS-EE DISPOSAL DATA FOR WBTS FACILITIES

Joe H. Osloond

Health and Safety Division Uo So Atomic Energy Coimalssion

Idaho Falls, Idaho

I. IITEOnJCTION

Inquiries for information on radioactive waste disposals from HRTS reactor operations and associated facilities have necessitated assembling this report. This information will be of greatest value to those involved with waste management and associated program.s such as treatment^ environ-mental research and future operational planning. Presentation of data is the only p'urpose of this report and no atteiii)t is made to discuss effects due to disposalo

Radioactive liquid wastes disposed to the subsurface vary in concen-tration levels from 10"^ mierocuries per milliliter to 10"9 uc/ml. Treatment of liquid prior to discharge by means of evaporation and ion exchange is used by some facilities as justified. Radioactive waste measured prior to being discharged to the atmosphere is in concentrations of less than 10'^ microctJxies per cubic centimeter. More than 90 percent of this waste is in the gaseous form. Radioactive gases having signi-ficant levels of activity or particulates are filtered prior to being dispersed Into the atmosphere. Filtering systems at the MRTS are used mostly for processing and laboratory facilities associated with the reactors. Disposal of solid radioactive waste is accomplished by siHiple burial without recourse to volume reduction.

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II. ABBRE¥IATIONS

Following is an explanation of NRTS facility abbreviations as used in this report:

ANL Argonne National Laboratoryj NRTS Facilities AlW Large Ship Reactor ARA Army Reactor Area BORAX Boiling Water Reactor No. 5 CFA Central Facilities Area CF-Laundry Central Facilities Laundry EBR-I & II Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 1 and No. 2 ECF Expended Core Facilities ETR Engineering Tes-t Reactor GCRF Gas Cooled Reactor Facility ICPP Idaho Chemical Processing Plant ML-i Mabile Low Power Reactor No. 1 Mm Materials Testing Reactor NRF Naval Reactor Facilities OMRE Organic Moderated Reactor Experiment SIW Submarine Thermal Reactor SL-1 Stationary Low Power Reactor SPERT Special Power Excursion Reactor Test TREAT Transient Reactor Test Facility TAN Test Area North TRA Test Reactor Area WCF Waste Calcination Facility

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III. RADIOACTIVE LIQUID WASTE

Proportional composite samples of liquid waste are obtained from all continuous flowing systems. Gross activity is determined daily and isotopic concentrations monthly. Anomalous concentrations are detected by alarm systems. Samples of batch disposals are analyzed quantitatively and qualitatively prior to disposal. Isotopic Identification is required on the basis of the following gross beta-gamma concentrations:

Isotopes to be Identified

H3

Sr-gO, H^

Sr-90, 1-129-131, Ru-Rh-106, H^

Same as 10"-̂ plus Sr-895 Ce-144, Cs-137

Same as 10""̂ plus Cd-115 5 Zr-Nb-95

Analysis for Cr-51 and Co-60 are required on the TRA and NRF disposals.

Two methods of waste disposal to the ground are used. Disposal wells are used at the ICPP and TAN facilities and seepage ponds are used at all others.

Tables I through III list in detail disposals by month for 1964 from the TRÂ , ICPP and NRF facilities. Table IV is a summary of NRTS wastes for 1964 and the past nine years. Waste discharged during 1962 and 1963 is tabulated in Tables V through X for the areas contributing the major amount of activity.

The activity amounts shown as unidentified in the Tables are com-posed principally of isotopes with a half-life of less than 30 days. The amount of this activity is determined by the difference between daily and monthly samples.

Liquid waste disposed to the ground during the years 1961 through 1964 contained five Identified isotopes with a sufficiently long half-life to still be radioactive in December 1964, The isotopes and activity remaining as of December 1964^ are as follows?

Sr-90 (28y) - 37.9 curies, Cs-137 (33y) -62.0 curies, RuRh-106 (ly) - 113.3 curiess Co-60 (5y) - 25.7 curies and tritium (12y) 4,934.2 curies. This totals 5,173 curies compared to an orig-inal discharge of 23,254 curies (see Table IV).

All high level liquid waste at the NRTS is stored in cooled or uncooled stainless steel tanks. The largest amount of this waste is

Concentration

]_0-7 uc/ml

10-^ "

10"5 "

10-4 ..

10°3 "

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created at the ICPP from processing irradiated reactor fuel elements (containing highly enriched uranium). ICPP waste amounting to approxi-mately 1,413,000 gallons was stored in six (6) cooled tanks and eight (8) uncooled tanks at the end of 1964. During 1964 a total of approximately 510,000 gallons of ICPP waste was calcined into a solid form. Two isotopes, cesium-137 and strontium-903 are a major concern in the ICPP waste. TAN area high-level liquid waste is generated through evaporation of liquid from labs, hot cells, decontamination, and radioactive drains. TAN evaporator sludge at the end of 1964 amounted to 59,200 gallons. Predominate isotopes in this waste are cobalt-60, cesium-'134 and 137. Four tanks, two glasslined (9,000 gallons each) and two stainless steel (10,000 gallons each) are used to store waste for the TRA (MTR-ETR) facilities until transfer to the ICPP, These tanks contained a total of 8,800 gallons at the end of 1964 and 17,900 gallons in 1963. The only other NRTS installations having stored waste at the end of 1964 are the ECF and SIW at NRF. One 2,500-gallon tank at the SIW contains 2,200 gallons consisting of sludge with water added to provide shielding, A 10,500-gallon tank at the ECF contains 1,700 gallons of sludge waste. The sludge at the NRF results from evaporation of Intermediate level liquids. Principal Isotopes in this waste are manganese-54, ceslum-1375 cobalt-58 and -60. Disposal of NRF sludge waste has been through land burial in concrete tank-type containers.

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TABLE I

LIQUID WASTE DISCHARGED TO THE SEEPAGE PONDS MR-ETR (1964)

1

Month

Jan. Feb, Mar. Apr. May June July Aug. Sept. Oct, Nov. Dec. Total 1963 1962 1961

Activity Curies

2 5 7 3

158 183 149 149 183 188 185 253 228 172 208 149 ,205 ,918 ,065 ,863

Gallons X 10^

11.0 12.2 10.8 13,5 11,2 14.4 14.7 22.3 19.9 16.0 14.9 10.9 171.8 202.1 283.3 234.6

Gro> 3S Concentration uc/ml

3,8 4.0 3.6 2.9 4,3 3.4 3.3 3,0 3.0 2.8 3.7 3,6 3.4 7.7 6,6 4.0

X

X

X X X

X

X

X

X

X X

X

X

X

X X

lQ-3

10-3 10-3 10-3 10-3 10-3 10-3 10-3 10-3 10-3 10-3 10-3 10-3 10=3 10-3 10-3

Isotop

Sr-89

1,9 1,6 1,4 1.5 1.1 0,8 1,8 2.5 2.0 0,8 0,7 1,2 17,3 47.3 40.9 58.4

ic Activity (C

Sr-90

0.1 0,1 0.1 0.2 0,4

TABLE I I

LIQUID WASTE DISCHARGED TO THE LITHOSPHERE ICPP (1964)

OS

0

Dlspos

Month J a n , F e b . I far . Apr . May June J u l y Aug. S e p t , O c t , Nov, Dec, T o t a l 1963

a l Well (T

A c t i v i t y C u r i e s

1.5 1 7 , 8

1 1 0 , 9 2 3 2 . 4 2 1 2 , 2 2 1 1 , 4 1 6 9 , 3

5 6 . 0 2 0 , 6 3 4 , 3

5 7 8 , 2 7 5 , 3

1 , 7 1 9 . 9 1 , 0 2 5 . 5

1962 . 175 ,8 1961 -' 6 2 4 . 5

Seepag

Month J a n . F e b . Mar. Apr , y^j June J u l y Aug, S e p t , O c t . Nov, Dec. T o t a l 1963 1962

3 Water '

G a l l o n s X 10^

16 ,6 2 7 , 8 1 8 . 2 2 3 , 6 2 8 . 4 3 8 , 9 4 0 . 6 2 8 , 2 2 6 , 0 2 9 . 3 3 6 , 5 3 0 , 0

3 4 4 , 1 2 5 7 . 0 2 6 1 , 7 1 8 8 , 0

e P i t i n R e g o l i t h

A c t i v i t y C u r i e s

2 . 1 1.7 7 . 2 3 . 6 3 , 2 6 , 0 7 , 8

1 0 . 0 7 , 4 7 . 8 9 . 2 6 , 9

7 2 . 9 8 5 . 7

2 4 3 . 6

G a l l o n s t 106

0 . 1 4 0 , 1 2 0 , 1 1 0 , 1 0 0 . 0 8 0 . 1 2 0 .12 0 . 1 5 0 . 1 0 0 . 0 9 0 , 1 1 0 , 0 9 1,33 2 , 5 4 , 8

Fable] Gross C o n c e n t r a t i o n u c / m l 2 , 3 1.7 1,6 2 , 6 2 . 0 1,4 1 ,1 5 , 2 2 , 1 3 , 1 4 , 2 6 , 6 1,3 1.0 1,8 8 . 8

Gros

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

3S

10=^ 1 0 - ^ 10-3 10=3 10-3 10-3 10"3 10"^ 1 0 - ^ 10-4 10-3 10-4 10°-3 10-3 10-4

1 0 - ^

C o n c e n t r a t i o n u c / m l 4 , 0 3 . 8 1,7 9 . 5 9 .5 1,3 1.7 1.8 1,9 2 , 3 2 . 2 2 , 0 1,4 9 . 1 1,3

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

- J Q T J

loi 10°^ 10"3 10 -3

loi 10-2 10-2 10-2 10-2

loi 10=2 1 0 - ^ 10^3

10 ^

Isc

S r - 8 9

0 . 2 0 . 2 1,1

0 , 4 0 , 9

0 . 1 0 . 1 0 , 1 3 . 1 1,3 0 . 8 2 , 2

) t o p i c A c t i v i t y

S r - 9 0

0 . 1 0 . 1 0 , 2

0 . 2 0 . 2 0 . 2 0 . 1

1,1 _

< 0 . 2 0 . 2

1-131

= 0 . 4

2 4 . 4 1 8 . 0

I s o t o p i c A c t i v i t y

S r - 8 9

-2 . 0 1.5

S r - 9 0

0 . 1

0 , 1 1 0 , 4 2 2 , 6

1-131

_ _ »

(Cur i e s

Cs-137

0 , 2 0 , 3 0 . 4 0 , 1 0 . 4 0 , 4 0 , 2 0 , 4

2 , 4 =

0 . 4

(CurieiE

Cs-137 0 . 1

0 . 1 1 3 . 4 2 0 . 6

)

Ce-144

1,3 1.8 3 , 1 0 , 1

6 , 3 =

0 . 1 4 . 6

)

Ce-144

_ 0 . 3 0 . 7

Ru-106 0 , 1

0 , 1 < 0 , 2

0 , 2 0 , 1 0 , 1 0 , 4

< 0 . 2

< 1 , 4 1 0 . 2 1 0 , 7 3 . 4

Ru=106

= =

0 . 6

H3 1,3

1 7 . 6 1 1 0 , 4 2 2 9 , 6 2 0 9 , 7 2 0 7 , 5 1 6 7 . 4

5 5 . 3 2 0 . 1 3 3 . 3

5 6 9 , 3 7 4 , 8

, 6 9 6 , , 0 2 1 ,

1 4 6 . 5 9 0 .

H3 2 , 0 1.7 7 , 1 3 , 6 3 , 2 6 . 0 7 . 8

1 0 , 0 7 , 3 7 , 7 9 . 2 6 . 9

7 2 . 5 5 8 . 2

1 9 4 . 4

Zr -Nb-95

8 .5

8 . 5 0 . 7 1.0 1.2

Zr-Nb-95

--

0 . 4

U n i d e n t , 0 , 1 0 . 0 . 0 , 0 . 0 . 1 0 , 1 0 . 0 . 0 , 0 . 1 0 . 4 0 . 8 1.8 2 . 0 4 . 5

U n i d e n t , 0 , 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 . 0 , 0 . 0 . 1 0 . 1 0 . 1 0 . 0 , 0 . 3 0 . 4 2 , 8

1/ Above amounts for 1961 include all wastes from ICPP combined.

TABLE III

LIQUID WASTE DISCHARGED TO SEEPAGE PONDS - NRF-SIW (1964)

Month Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May June July Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec. Total 1963 1962 1961

0

•"J

J

Month Jan, Feb, March Apr. May June July Aug. Sept, Oct. Nov. Dec. Total 1963 1962 1961

Activity Curies 0.02 0.64 0.17 0,40 0,43 2.00 0.83 1.73 0,33 1.10 0,73 0,62 9.0 15,7 6,2 1.8

Activity Curies 5,73 5,13 3.18 2.26 3,30 2,11 0.23 0.28 0,21 0.32 0,23 0.06 23,04 41,52 34.99 29,37

Gallons X 106

0,42 0,75 0.65 0.75 0,64 1,84 2,67 4,93 2,50 2.15 2.0 1.92

21.2 12,3 12,8 13,1

Gallons X 10^

0,91 0,82 0.86 0.69 0,78 0,33 0.28 0,26 0.35 0,28 0,38 0.16 6.1 15.0 15.3 11.5

Gross Cone .entration uc/ml 1.3 2,3 6.9 1.4 1.8 2,9 8.2 9.3 3.5 1.4 9,6 8,6 1,1 3.4 4.7 3.7

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Gross

l o ^ 10-4 10-^ 10=4 10-4 10-4 10=5 10=5 10=5 10=^ 10=5 10=5 10-4 10-4 10=5 10-5

Concentration uc/ml 1.7 1,6 9.8 8,6 1.1 1,7 2.2 2.9 1,6 3,0 1.6 1.0 1,0 7,3 1,4 3,9

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

JL X

X

X

X

10=3

1°1 10=^ 10-4 10"3 10=3 10=4 10-4 10-4

10"f 10=^ 10"^ 10=3 10=4

1°1 10"^

Isoto

Go~58

0,36

0,01

0,03 0,02

0,10

= 0.52 0,63 0.28 0.09

pic Activity (Curies)

Co-60 0.01 0,05 0.13 0.13 0,33 1.30 0.51 1.06 0.18 0.30 0.37 0.20 4.57 5,88 1,34 0,61

Sb-124

AlW-ECF Isotopic Activity

Co-58 1,01 0,59 0,02

0.03

1.65 _ =

1,45

Co"60 0,15 0.09 0,08 0.05 0.34 0,09 0.01 0,02

0,01

0.84 8,35 2.54 6.73

Sb-124

0.01

0.53 0.03 0.02 0.01 0,01

0,61 = -=

141 Ge-144

0,09 0,01 0,08 0.03 0,25

0,05

= = 0.51 -= -

(Curies) 141

Ge-144 0,02 0,15 0.07 0.09 0.12

0.45 3,23 = =

Cs-137

0.08 0.01 0.02

0.03 0.04

0.04 0.10 0.32 0.02 0.10 0,48

Cs-137 0.27 0.12 0.05 0,02 0,02

0.48°" 0.76 0.57 0.52

Sr= 1/ Total

0.02

0,01 0.01 0,03 0.02 0.04 0,01 0.01 -0,02 0,17 0,02 0.01 0.01

Sr- 1/ Total 0.07 0,03 0,02 0.01 0,01

0,14

TABLE IV

RADIOACTIVE LIQUID WASTE SUMMARY

1964 Installation

Activity Curies

Volume Gal. X 10^

Gross Concentration uc/ml Identified Isotopes

MTR-ETR

ICPP (Disp. Well)

ICPP (Manhole)

NRF (AlW-EGF) NRF (SIW) TAN (PPCo.) CFA GCRF SPERT ANL

2,205

1,720

73

23 9 2.5 1.1 0.3 0.2 0.1

172

344

1.3

6.1 21.2 31,4 48.5 0.4 1.4 0.1

3.4 X 10 -3

1.3 X 10 -3

1.5 X 10 -2

9.9 1.1 2.1 6.0 2.0 3.8 2.6

10 "'̂ 10-4 10-5 10-6 10-4

10 10

-5 -4

H-̂ , Sr-89-90, I-13I, Cs-137, Ce-141-144, BaLa-140 RuRh-103-106 H3, Sr-89-90, 1-131, Gs-137, Ce-144, Ru-106, Zr-Nb-95 H3, Sr-89-90, 1-131, Cs-137, Ce-144, Ru-106, Zr-Nb-95 H3, Co-58-60, Cs-137, 1-131, Ce-141-144, Sb-124 H3, Co-58-60, Cs.137, 1-131, Ge-141-144, Sb-124 H3, Sr-90, Gs-137, Co-60, Ce-144, Zr-Nb-95 Sr-89-90, Beta less Sr Aq-110 Sr-90, 1-131, RuRh-106, Ce-144 Sr-89-90, Zr-Nb-95, BaLa-140, Ge-141

Total I

4,034. 626.

Year

1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

Volume Liters

1.93 X 10^ 1.75 1.33 2.46 2.32 1.83 1.87 2.50 2.22 2,37

Activity (Curies)

1,260 860

1,260 3,600 5,070 3,420 4,590 7,540 7,090 4,034

TABLE ¥

LIQUID WASTE DISCHARGED TO SEEPAGE PONDS - MTR-ETR (1963)

Gross Isotopic Activity (Curies)

Ifcnth

Jan, Feb, ^ r . Apr, May June Ju ly Aug. Sept , Oct, Nov, Dec, Total 1962

A c t i v i t y Curies

253 255

3,181 204 241 233 243 277 344 217 247 223

5,918 7,065

Gallons X 106

19,9 19,4 21,2 17.4 18,0 17,6 15.8 15.1 18,1 14,1 13,8 11,7

202,1 283,3

Concentrat ion uc/ml

3.4 3,5 4 .0 3 ,1 3,5 3,5 4 , 1 4 ,8 5 .1 4 . 1 4 ,7 5,0 7.7 6,6

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

10-3 10"3 10=2 10-3 lo"-^ 10=3 10"3 10=3 10-3 10-3 10-3 10=3 10-J 10=3

Sr-89

1,8 1,3

18,8 4o5 1,7 1,7 2 ,4 4 ,3 4 ,3 1,6 4 .0 0,9

47 ,3 40,9

Sr-90

I n s i g , It

0.4 0 ,1

I n s i g . 0 ,1

I n s i g , 0 .1 0.2 0 ,1 0 ,1 0 ,1 1,2 0.7

1-131

2.3 8,8

48,9 12,1 16.6

4 ,4 5.7 6.4

10,4 9,5 5,2 2,2

132,5 74,0

y RuRh

0.8 0.6

66,8 22,4

5,0 3,8 2,9 5.2 3.3 1,9 1,3 2,2

116.2 108,6

« * II

Cs-137 Ce^^

0 ,1 0,7 2 ,0 0,6 1,3 0,2 0,4

TABLE ¥1

LIQUID WASTE DISCHARGED TO THE LITHOSPHERE - ICPP (1963)

Dlspos

Month

J a n , F e b , Mar, Apr, May June J u l y Aug, S e p t , Oc t , Nov, Dec, T o t a l 1962

Seepag B

i—' O ! Month

J a n , F e b , Mar, Apr, May June J u l y Aug, S e p t , O c t . Nov, Dec, T o t a l 1962

a l Wel l (

A c t i v i t y C u t i e s

0 . 5 0 , 4 0 , 4 0 , 1 0 , 2

4 8 2 , 3 3 3 6 , 2 130 .6

6 3 , 4 7 , 6 0 . 2 3 . 6

1 , 0 2 5 . 5 1 7 5 . 8

e P i t i n

A c t i v i t y C u r i e s

1 6 , 3 7 , 1 6 , 3 9 ,4 8 , 6 8 ,6 8 , 3 7 , 1 4 , 3 4 . 0 4 . 1 1,6

8 5 , 7 2 4 3 , 6

To Water T a b l e '

G a l l o n s X 10^

1 2 . 0 9 ,7

1 2 . 0 9 .6 8 . 0

2 4 , 1 3 2 , 4 4 0 , 1 3 1 , 0 2 9 . 7 3 0 , 0 1 8 , 4

2 5 7 , 0 2 6 1 , 7

R e g o l i t h

G a l l o n s X 10^

0 , 5 9 0 , 2 0 0 , 1 9 0 , 2 0 0 , 2 0 0 , 1 9 0 . 1 8 0 . 1 8 0 , 1 4 0 , 1 3 0 .16 0 , 1 1 2 , 5 4 . 8

Gross C o n c e n t r a t i o n u c / m l

1,1 1,1 8 , 9 2 , 8 6 , 7 5 , 3 2 , 7 8 ,6 5 . 4 6 , 8 1,7 5 , 2 1,0 1,8

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Gross

__=—=__,

10=5 10=5 10=^ 10=6 10-6

10=3 10°-* 10-4 10-4 10=5 10-6 10=5 10=3 10 -4

C o n c e n t r a t i o n u c / m l

7 . 3 X 1.0 8 . 7 1,3 1,2 1,2 1,2 1,0 8 , 1 8 , 2 6 , 8 3 , 8 9 , 1 1.3

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

10=3 10-2 10=3 10-2 10=2 10=2 10-2 10-2 10~3' 10-3 10"3 10=3 10--^ 10-2

I s o '

S r - 8 9

I n s i g II

0 , 2 0 , 3 0 . 8

1,3 0 . 8

Iso1

S r - 8 9

0 , 1 I n s i g

II

II

0 . 6 0 , 4 0 . 3 0 . 3 0 , 1 0 . 1 0 . 1

2 . 0 1,5

t o p i c Ac

S r - 9 0

, I n s i g , II

"

M

_ _ _ _ _ _ _

^ 0 , 2

t i v i t y

1-131

0 . 2 Ocl 0 . 1

I n s i g , II

0 , 4 2 4 , 4

t o p i c A c t i v i t y

S r - 9 0

2 , 2 , 0 . 7

0 , 8 0 . 7 0 , 9 1,0 1 ,1 1.4 0 . 4 0 , 6 0 , 6

I n s i g . 1 0 . 4 2 2 . 6

1-131

( C u r i e s )

Ru-106

I n s i g , 0 , 2

0 . 2 0 , 7

( C u r i e s )

Ru-106

I n s i g , II

II

II

II

II

"

II

0 . 6

Z r -J j b :

0 0

_ .

1

Zr= Nb-

0

l95_

3 4

y-0

= ^95

4

Cs-•134

Cs-134

0 , 2 I n s i g ,

0 0.

1 1

I n s i g , 0, 0 0. 0, 0 0

1

1 1 1 1 1 1

0

Cs -

Cs -

2 2 1 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0

13 20

137

L37

. 3

.2

.2

.4

.2

.4

.3

. 1

.8

.7

.8

.4 ,6

Ce

TABLE VII

LIQUID WASTE DISCHARGED TO SEEPAGE PONDS - NRF-AIW-ECF (1963)

IJ Gross Isotopic Activity (Curies)

Month

J a n . F e b . Mar. Apr . May J une J u l y Aug. S e p t . O c t , Nov, Dec, T o t a l 1962

Month

J a n . F e b . l ^ r . Apr , May June J u l y Aug. S e p t . O c t . Nov, Dec. T o t a l 1962

C u r i e s

2 . 2 7 4 , 4 4 2 . 7 7 8 ,16 2 , 9 3 3„75 3 . 0 7 1 ,51 6 , 9 1 2 . 1 3 1 .91 1.67

4 1 , 5 2 3 4 . 9 9

1 / A c t i v i t y C u r i e s

2 , 5 3 3 , 7 6 0 , 7 0 0 . 5 1 0 , 7 4 5 .06 0 .25 0 , 2 6 1,60 0 , 0 5 0 . 1 1 0 . 1 1

1 5 . 6 8 6 , 2 5

X 106

1,01 0 . 8 6 0 . 9 7 1,46 1 ,41 1,82 1,82 1,54 1,34 1,05 0 . 9 2 0 , 7 7

1 4 , 9 7 1 5 . 3 1

G a l l o n s X 10^

0 . 8 6 1,15 0 . 8 6 0 . 8 7 1.42 0 . 9 8 1.00 1,23 1,18 0 , 9 6 1.07 0 , 7 3

1 2 , 3 1 2 , 8

u c / m l

5 , 9 1.4 7 . 5 5 , 6 5,5 5 , 4 4 . 5 2 , 6 1.4 5 , 4 5 , 5 5 . 7 7 , 3 1,4

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

J. U J L

TABLE ¥111

LIQUID WASTE DISCHARGED TO SEEPAGE PONDS - MTR-ETR (1962)

Month

Total 1961

Gross Isotopic Activity (Curies) !_/ Gallons Concentration

Curies X 10^ uc/ml Ŝr-8_9__̂ Sr-90 1-131 RuRh-106 Cs-137 Ce-144 Cr-51 H3 140 Unident.

Jan. Feb, Mar. Apr, Jfey June July Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec,

1,848 1,518 514 441 711 380 196 306 254 307 398 192

26.0 27,2 22,9 24,6 30,0 17,3 19,6 24.9 25,0 25,5 22,7 17,6

1.87 1,47 5,93 4,74 6,27 5,81 2,64

3.25 2,69 3,19 4,64 2.88

X X X

X X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

10-2 10-2 10-3 10=3 10-3 10-3 10=3 10"'3 10=3 10°3 10=3 10-3

6,9 9,9 4,2 2,3 3,4 1,8 0,5 0,7 1,7 1,5 5,3 2,7

0.2 0,2 0,1

0,1

0,1

0,3 12.0 1,8 8,8 25.0 3,1 1,4 1,6 3,1 1,3

11.2 4.4

12,5 36,4 11.5 11,7 11,8 1,9 1.7 3,3 3,2 7,7 3.8 3,1

0,3 1,3 0,2 1,0 1,7 0,5 0,3 0,1 0,5 0,6 0.7 0,9

20,9 48,4 14,7 25,2 14.8 12.4 6.2 4.6 9,4 8,1 7.1 0,7

22,1 75,7 23.4 54,1 5,6 3,5 3,3 5.7 2,6 3,0 0,3 3.9

23,5 22,1 36,6 17.2 38,3 22,9 11.5 21.4 21.7 23,4 23.3 17.8

33.6 28.3 7,2 9.0 8,2 4,8 2.7 4.6 9.0 4.3 18.0 13,2

1,729 1,284 414 312 602 329 168 264 203 257 328 145

3^5302./ 283.3 234.6

6.59 3.97

ir^ 10-3

40,9 0,7 74,0 108,6 8,1 172.5 203,2 279.7 142,9 6,035

G \J Does not include alpha activity,

2/ , Includes Ce-144 and Ce-141.

3_/ Excludes tritium (303 Curies),

TABLE IX

LIQUID WASTE DISCHARGED TO THE LITHOSPHERE - ICPP (1962)

Disposal Well (To Water Table)

us

Month

Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr. May June July Aug, Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec, Total

Activity Curies

125.8 11,2

4,0 2,1

0,8 0,6 0,5 21,8 0,5 0,5

175.8

Gallons X 106

28,4 22,5 30,0 22,6 26,2 22,0 23,7 23 3 19.8 19,3 13,4 10.5 261,7

Gross Concentration uc/ml

I so top i c A c t i v i t y (Curies)

Sr-89 Sr-90 1-131 Cs-137

X 10-3 10-4 10"5 10=5

Pit in Regolith

18 31 85 X 60 X

01 X 8,90 X 10°5 6,20 X 6,10 X 2,98 X 1,00 X 1,30 X X. Q B i 2 £

Gross

10° 10'

10' 10'

5

6

0,06 0,07 0,05 0,04 0,34 0,17

0,04

10=4

0,01

0,02 0,14

0,03

' 0 , 01

0.30 0,14 0 ,11 0,13 0,15 1,54 0,05 0,03 0,02

21,58 0,17 0,23

0 , 5

< 0 , 2 1 24,45 0,5

I s o t o p i c A c t i v i t y (Curies)

RuRh-106

0,02

0,04 0,04

0,04 0 ,31 0,13 0,03

0,05

0,66

Zr°l

0 0

0

1

^ - 9 5

.03

.04

.94

.01

Ce Ce-

0 0

0

=141 =144

02 .01

03

H3

125.3 10.2 5.3 2 .0 1.0 0 .4 0 ,4 0 .4 0.4

< 0 , 2 0 ,3 0.2

< 1 4 6 , 1

Unident,

0 ,1 0,7 0,0 0 ,8 0 .1 0,2 0 . 1 0.0 0 .0 0.0 0 ,0 0.0 2 .0

A c t i v i t y Gallons Concentrat ion Manth Curies X 10° uc/ml Sr-89 Sr°90 Cs-137 RuRh-106 Zr-Nb-95 Ce-141-144 H^

Jan . Feb, Ifer. Apr. Jfey June Ju ly Aug. Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec. Total

14,4 7,7

12,9 14,7 4 ,2

32 ,1 27,4 23,6 32,7 36,2 18,5 19.2

243,6

0,22 0,13 0.17 0,19 0.20 0,45 0,34 0,36 0,62 1,00 0,57 0.56

1,76 X 1,62 X 2,01 X 10

99 X 54 X 87 X 14 X 10

1,72 X 1,39 X 9,6 X 8,6 X 9.08 X

10-2 10-2

10° 10-10-

10" 10° 10° 10" 10"

0.07 i f iO.Ol

0,04 0,03 0,16 0.15 0.20 0,16 0.16 0.26 0.08 0.22

0,6 0,03 0 ,61 0,66 1,19 3,20 2,06 3,02 3,79 3.53 1,48 2,40

4 ,81 1,34 X 10" 1,54 22,57

0.56 0.89 0,40 0,65 1,15 2.97 2,03 1.93 2.68 3,56 1,94 1,79

20,55

0.17 < 0 , 0 5

40.01

0,01 0,03 0,23 0,02 0,03 0,55

0.13

0.06

0.05 0,13

0,17 0 ,01 0,08 0,15 0,25

12.8 6.5

11,7 13.1

1,2 25 .1 22.9 18.2 25.6 28 .1 14,7 14.5

Unident.

0.09 0.05 0.07 0.18 0,20 0,30 0,20 0.25 0.40 0.57 0.28 0.26

0,37 0,66 194,4 2.85

TABLE X

LIQUID WASTE DISCHARGED TO SEEPAGE PONDS (1962) SIW

Month

J a n , F e b . Mar, Apr , May June J u l y Aug, S e p t . O c t . NOV.

Dec. T o t a l 1961

1 / A c t i v i t y C u r i e s

0 . 4 1 8 0 ,032 0 . 1 0 1 0 . 1 0 1 0 . 0 9 0 0 , 4 1 0 0 ,117 0 ,216 0 .220 0 , 2 1 0 0 ,158 0 ,247 2 , 3 2 1,808

AlW-ECF

MbntlL.

J a n , F e b , Jfer. Apr . May June J u l y Aug, S e p t . O c t , Nov, Dec. T o t a l 1961

1 / A c t i v i t y C u r i e s

1.19 0 , 2 8 0 , 7 0 1.40 0 , 8 1 0 , 2 9 0 . 3 6 1.18 0 .67 0 , 3 4 0 . 5 8 0 . 1 9 7 , 9 9

1 6 , 8 2

G a l l o n s X 10^

1,00 0 . 8 5 0 , 6 3 0 , 8 8 0 . 6 0 1.34 1,20 1 .50 1,46 1,16 1,16 1,04

12 .82 13 ,06

G a l l o n s X 10°

1,23 1,24 1.09 1,22 1,30 1,35 1,52 1,73 1.56 0 , 9 4 1,13 1,00

1 5 . 3 1 1 1 , 4 8

Gross Coneen1 u c / m l

1 ,11 9 ,94 4 , 2 3 3 , 0 3 4 , 0 1 8 . 1 0 2 , 6 0 3 , 8 1 3 , 5 5 4 . 7 9 3 , 6 1 6 ,28 4 , 7 3 . 6 6

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

Gross

t r a t l o n

10"^ 10-6 10=5 10"5 10=5 10=5 10=5 10=5 10=5 10"5 10-5 10-6 10 -^ 10=5

C o n c e n t r a t i o n u c / m l

2 . 5 5 5 . 9 7 1,70 3 . 0 2 1,65 5 ,76 6 ,28 1,79 1.17 9 ,67 1,35 4 . 9 6 1.37 3 . 9

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

X

10=-^ 10-5 10-4 lo--^ 10=4 10-5 10-5 10=4 10"^ 10-5 10 -4 10=5 10-4 10 -4

I s o t o p i c A c t i v i t y

S r - T o t a l

0 . 0 0 1

0 ,002 0 , 0 0 1

0 . 0 0 4 0 , 0 0 1

0 . 0 0 1 I n s i g . 0 , 002 0 ,012

I s o t o p i c

S r - T o t a l

0 , 0 2

0 . 0 1 0 . 0 1 0 , 0 1

0 . 0 2 0 . 0 1

0 , 0 8

Co-60

0 , 1 0 4 0 , 0 1 2 0 , 0 2 9 0 , 0 3 3 0 , 0 4 8 0 ,307

0 . 1 0 2

0 .187 0 . 1 0 1 0 , 2 1 4 1,137

A c t i v i t y

Co-60 Co

0 , 0 8 0 0 , 1 4 0 , 3 8 0 . 2 4 0 , 2 2

0 , 3 8 0 . 3 9 0 0 . 2 5 0 0 , 3 8 0 0 , 0 8 0 2 , 5 4 0

( C u r i e s )

Co-58

0 ,117 0 ,007 0 .052

0 . 0 1 6

0 . 0 2 8

0 .015 0 , 0 3 1 0 . 0 1 5 0 . 2 8 1

( C u r i e s )

Cs-137

0 0

0 0 0 0

-58 Cs-134

, 18

0 , 1 5

0 . 1 6 ,09 .04 0 , 0 2 ,06 , 0 1 , 38 0 , 3 3

075 005

006 003 008 097

Cs-137

0 , 0 6 0 , 3 2

0 , 0 7 0 , 0 7 0 . 0 2 0 , 0 2 0 , 0 1 0 .57

Mn-54

0

0

- Q "

I-

.042

.059

.101

H3

0 , 0 5 0 . 0 4 0 . 0 1 0 , 0 3 0 . 0 2 Unde t ,

< 0 . 0 2 < 0 , 0 2

0 , 0 6 0 , 4 2 1.28 1,98

< 3 , 9 3

^ =129-131 H

0 , 0 5

I n s i g I n s i g 0 . 0 5

8 , 5 1.3 1,3 1.2 1.6 2 , 8 1.8 0 , 7 0 , 2 0 . 6 3 . 6 3 . 4

2 7 . 0

U n i d e n t .

0 . 0 7 9 0 . 0 0 8 0 . 0 1 8 0 . 0 0 8 0 . 0 2 6 0 . 0 9 9 0 ,116 0 , 0 8 6 0 , 2 2 0 0 . 0 0 1 0 . 0 2 3 0 , 0 0 8 0 . 6 9 2

U n i d e n t ,

0 , 9 1 0 . 1 4 0 . 3 1 1,04 0 . 1 0 0 . 2 9 0 , 3 6 0 , 5 5 0 , 1 2 0 . 0 1 0 . 1 1 0 . 0 9 4 . 0 3

!_/ Excludes tritium activity.

IV. RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISCHARGED TO THE ATMOSPHERE

The airborne radioactive waste discharged from NRTS installations such as the MTR, ETR, and ICPP contains both particulate and gaseous effluents. The activity from particulate waste is less than 5% of that for gaseous waste. All significant activity disposed is exhausted to the atmosphere via stacks from 50 to 250 feet in height.

Table XI contains the activity and volume of waste discharged during 1964 to the atmosphere from MTR-ETR, ICPP and ANL areas. These three facilities accounted for 99% of the total activity. The WCF at the ICPP during 1964 contributed greater than 90X of the waste from this area, A waste summary is given in Table XII for the past ten years. Table XIII and XIV lists in more detail the airborne waste for the past two years (1962-1963).

Total alpha activity during 1964 as in previous years amounted to less than 0,1 curie for all NRTS operations.

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TABLE XI

RADI0ACTI¥ITY DISCHARGED TO THE ATMOSPHERE - 1964

OH

ICPP

Month Jan. Feb. Mar, Apr. May June July Aug, Sept, Oct. Nov. Dec. Total 1963 1962

Month Jan. Feb, Mar, Apr, May June July Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov. Dec, Total 1963 1962

1/ Activity Curies 318, 331, 328, 212, 209, 218, 309, 231, 156, 197. 44, 3,

2556, 294432. 509419,

MTB Activity Curies 48142, 45802, 42249. 46475, 47368. 52828, 51802, 42765, 42125, 52296. 57435 43833, 573120, 596624„ 349423,

¥olume Ft3(10^:; 5, 5 5. 5. 5. 5 5. 5. 5. 4. 4. 4. 62. 60. 60.

k 0 4 2 4 2 6 4 2 5 4 9

-ETR

y

___

¥olume Ft-'

2

_—

2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 2

28 26 26

Isotopic Activity (Curies)

1!̂

H3 310 320 320 180 180 180 230 210 150 90 = ..

2170 330 -

r\

(10^) 3 3 .2 .2 .2 .5 4 .4 ,5 4 .5 .4 .3 .9 .5

144 Ru-106 Ce-141 8, 11, 8,

32, 29, 38, 79, 21, 6.

107, 4, 1,

344, 2, -

22, 1.

23. = ea

Zr-Nb-95

9, 1.

10. C3

»

Cs -137

3,

3. 0,1 -

Isotopic Activity (Gaseous) Curies Ar-41 15375, 16316, 14517, 13599. 19043, 15338, 10736, 9288, 12515, 10570, 12120, 10746, L60163. L49866, L70488,

Xe-137 17415. 15568, 14788, 17596 14932 20019, 21959, 17818, 15664. 22201, 24214, 17378.

219552. 234296

Xe-138 Kr-88 1046. 97,4 1076. 145 865. 73 933, 53

1014. 182 1061, 114 1179. 79 1043, 107 1013, 126 1318, 123 1304, 101 1278, 178 13130, 1383 16749 3024

0 9 .0 .9 8 0 1 6 .4 .4 9

1 -7

Kr-89 13403, 11984, 11339. 13468, 11502, 15371, 16848, 13686, 12080. 17045, 18577. 13461, 168764. 181095

BT-90 .

o'.os •

0^03 0.01 ^ --

0,02 O.Olf 0.01 0.02 3*22 0.03

0.1 •F>

ANL 2/

Activity Curies

Unident, 805,6 713 666, 826 694. 924.

1001. 822 726 1038 1118. 791.

10128 11594

0 1 0 1 2 0 9 4 6 6 1

17. 8. 11. 6,. 25, 15. 63. 2. 6, 6. 13. 5,

178. 206, 186,

- — —

5

5

Volume, Ft3(10 ) 9.6 3,6 4,8 4.8 14.0 11,4

1200, 1.6

664.8 4.2 9.0 6.0

1934. 80. 92.

Particulate Ac tivity (Curies)

15,7 20,8 10,8 7,8

23.8 14,1 11.0 15.3 19,2 19.2 15,2 28.2

201.

1/ Particulate & Gaseous Activity (B &^) 2/ Predominate Isotope Ar-41

TABLE XII

RADIOACTI¥ITY DISCHARGED TO THE ATMOSPHERE

1964 SU]yM!̂ Y

Facility Activity Curies Volume Identified Isotopes

-MR ETR ICPP (WCF) ANL (TREAT) ANL (BORAX ¥) Other

553,380, 19,738, 2,556.

123, 66,

„ 3.

16,2 12,1 61.4 73.2 2,4 23,8

10^ ft3 105 ft3 10^ ft3

ft3 ft3 ft3

10^ 10^ 109

11,35 X 10^^ ft

Ar-41, Xe-137-138, Kr-88-89, Cr-51, Na-24 Ar-41, Xe-138, Kr-88-89, Rb-88-89, Cs-138 H3, Sr-90, Ru-lOe, Cs-137, Ce-144, Zr-Nb-95 Ar-41 Xe-133-135, Kr-85 Mixed F,P,

Total 575,866

s Year

¥o lume (Cu, meters)

Activity (Curies)

1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

TABLE XIII

ANL RADI0ACTI¥ITY DISCHARGED TO THE ATMOSPHERE - 1963

ICPP

00

Month Jan. Feb. Mar, Apr, May June July Aug, Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec, Total 1962

Month Jan. Feb, Mar, Apr, May June July Aug, Sept, Oct, Nov, Dec, Total 1962

1/ Activity Curies 20 39 10 4 20 19 29 12 18 4 4 27 206 186

Volume Ft3(10^) 9 12 8 4 8 10 8 5 4 6 1 2 80 92

MTR-Activity 3/ Curies 40880 45602 104552 45558 55610 47217 49119 42288 48101 39379 30429 47889 596624 349423

6 0 4 2 4 0 4 4 .2 0 2 .4

-ETR

2/ Activity Curies 77026 86033 56003 75004

1 21 3 5 2 1 1

332 294432 609419

Vo lume Ft3(lo9) 2,6 2 2 2. 2. 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 26. 26

2 2 3 2 1 1 2 2 4 2 2 9 5

Volumeq Ff^ (10^) 5,0 4,6 5,0 4,9 5.1 4.9 5.1 5.1 4.9 5,0 5,2 5.4 60. 60.

Isotopic

Ar-41 11146 12912 5437 11658 11707 12828 13566 11786 13320 14567 14704 16235 149866 170488

Isotopic Activity (Curies)

H3 Xe-133=^ 58000 65000 44000 57000

330 330 224000 - 468000

: Activity

Xe-137 15361 17013 52809 17910 23279 17926 17855 16012 18382 12846 8161 16742 234296

/, / Xe-135-' 19000 21000 12000 18000

70000 141160

(Gaseous,

Xe-138 1319.5 1336 3170 1137 1442. 1410 2128 1149. 1204 1081 317 1050 16749

6 6 6 3 7 6 7 7 8 0 0

Curies Kr-88 294,6 296. 346. 185. 179. 293. 560. 205, 151. 224. 167. 118.

3024,

6 4 0 4 8 8 9 6 0 8 1

Ru-106

2,1 2,1 -

Kr-89 11980 13212 40422 13799 17875 13886 14101 12363 14155 10034 6332 12946 181095

Cs-137 Sr-90

0.1 0,1 0.1 0.1 _

Unident. 779.3 831.2 2367,0 868.5 1127.4 872.1 907.2 771.6 887.9 626,7 757,3 798,1

11594,

Unident. 26 33 3 4 1 21 3 5 2 1 1 0

100 85

1/ B- ^ activity 100% A-41 2_/ B = ^ activity

3/ Particulate & Gaseous B~0 activity 4̂ / Activity calculated for Rala releases

TABLE XIV

RADIOACTIVITY DISCHARGED TO THE ATMOSPHERE (1962)

TREAT ICPP MTR-ETR

Month

Jan, Feb, Jfar. Apr. May June July Aug, Sept, Oct. Nov, Dec, Total 1961

Curies-^

19 4 21 20 15 17 8 37 7

„=

19 19 186 106

Isotope

A-41 A-41 A-41 A-41 A-41 A-41 A-41 A-41 A-41 =,_„_

A-41 A-41

Curiesi/

73,8 51,0 24.1 35,3 9.1 4.3 0.4 11.2 2.6 4.1 2.3

40,6 258,8 326,6

Isotopic 1-131

2,1 2,4 2.2 3,5 1,1 0,4 =«_

1,5 0.4 2.0 0,4 17,4 33,4

Activity 1-132 1

27,1 39.9 16.6 21.2 5,2 na c=> eaj

= _=, 7,9 1,6 0,9 0.7 19,1 140,2

(Curies) Unident.

44,6 8,7 5.3 10,6 2,7 3,8 0,4 1,7 0,6 1,2 1,1 4,1 84,8

Curie si'

35,796 35,550 26,398 26,924 30,962 27,874 24,703 23,599 26,906 29,181 26,946 34,496 349,335 335,423

Isotopic Activity A-41

25,017 22,499 15,672 9,170 7,894 12,489 12,340 12,494 12,510 15,318 12,334 12,751 170,488

Kr-88-89-90

4,578 5,596 4,333 7,650 9,666 6,617 5,346 5 ,-189 6,165 5,892 6,176 9,185

76,393

(Curies)4/

Xe-137-138

2,862 7,294 6,150 9,623 11,889 8,457 6,714 5,701 7,529 7,731 8,191 12,202 94,343

ô 1_/ Does not include

V, SOLID RADIOACTIVE WASTE

Solid waste originating at HRTS of off-site areas during 1963 and 1964 was buried at the burial groimd located in the southwest portion of the HRTS, This burial ground occupies a total of 88 acres. Aa estimated kh acres reniain available for use at the end of 1964. Approximately 5 acres were used in 1963 and 4 acres in 1964. Since August of I963 disposal of off-site generated waste was discontinued with the excep-tion of one coiiipany under AEC contract. Private commercial firms are now operating burial sites for low level unclassified waste from licensees and other agencies.

Table XV siunraarized on- and off-site solid waste for 1964 and tabulated totals covering 1955 through 1964. Yoltsmes and activities of solid waste are listed for NRTS facilities in Table XVI and XVII. On- and off-site solid waste is listed in Tables XVIII - XX by category for the past four years.

Figure 1 is a map of the KRTS burial ground area showing layout of trenches^ pits and roadways as of 1964, A map of the SL-1 burial ground is shown on Figure 2. The SL-l burial ground has not been used since 1962 after the disposal of material from the reactor incident. During 1964 a b-urial ground area near EBR-II was developed but not placed in operation. Figure 3 is a map of the EBE-II burial ground which will be used for high level waste from fuel processing. Disposal of waste containers will be made from a transfer cask into steel lined holes.

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TABLE XV

ON- AND OFF-SITE SOLID RADIOAdTIVE WASTE (1964)

Identification January through June

Containers Cubic Ft. Curies July through December

Containers Cubic Ft. Curies

Category I A. On-Site

1/

High Level Intermediate Low Level

0 197

3,966

0 603

49,826

0 12,809 1,329

0 24

4,661

0 414

59,879

0 118,800 10,256

B. Off-Site High Level Intermediate Low Level

0 0

7,508

0 0

66,310

0 0

1,146

0 0

5,331

0 0

66,266

0 0

1,145 AW Total 11,671 113,739 15,284 10,016 126,559 130,201

M

Tear

1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964

On -Site ¥olume Cu , Meters

2,754 3,269 5,909 2,813 3,462 3,022 4,468 3,278 3,133

TABLE XVI

ON-SITE SOLID RADIOACTIVE WASTE

Facility

ANL ARA CFA GCRF-ML-1 ICPP MR-ETR NRF-SIW NRF-AIW-ECF OWiE SPERT TAN (PPCo) TAN (G,E.) Total 1962

8

ro 1

Facility

ANL AEC ARA CFA GCRF-M.-1 ICPP MTR-ETR NRF SPERT TAN (PPCo) TAN (G.E.)

Jan, -

Cubic Ft

518 1,200 438 963

4,918 14,769 1,878 16,979 4,280 258

8,522 648

55,371 107,261

Jan, -

Cubic Ft

1,265 96 927 336

1,362 9,703 13,186 16,076

343 7,135

0

June 1963

Curies

TABLE XVII

ON-SITE SOLID RADIOACTIVE WASTE

w

F a c i l i t y

ANL ARA CFA GCRF ICPP M'i'R-ETR MF=S1W NRF-AIW-ML~1 OME SPERT SL-1 TAN (GoE TAN (PPC

F a c i l i t y

ANL ARA CFA GCRF ICPP MTK-ETR NRF-SIW NRF-AIW-ML-1 OMIE SPERT SL-1 TAN (G,E

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ECF

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1,668 None

708 803

9 ,483 1 8 , 1 2 3 1 5 , 5 3 8

None None 4 , 6 5 7

60 600

2 ,337

1961 C u r i e s

7 6 , 6 None

0 , 7 1,2

2 7 9 . 1 1 0 4 , 0 5 7 . 1

3 0 0 , 7 None None

0 , 1 < 0 , 1 4 ^ 0 , 1

4 9 , 3 None None

1961 T o t a l s Cubic F t .

2 , 127 72

1,332 947

13 ,526 3 2 , 7 7 5 2 2 , 2 4 5

4 , 5 3 1 None 8 ,545

160 14 ,550 5 , 9 3 4 None

106 ,744

C u r i e s

7 8 , 6 ^ 0 , 1

0 , 8 2 , 6

3 7 1 , 6 122 ,000

10 ,200 7 6 7 . 1

None 0 , 2

Identification

TABLE XVIII

ON- AND 0FF=SITE SOLID RADIOACTIVE WASTE

January through June 1963 July through December 1963

Containers Cubic Ft. Curies Containers Cubic Ft. Curies

Category I (AEC & Contractors) A, On-Site

High Level Intermediate Low Level

164 ,472

5 2,047 53,406

110,000 54,444 10,832

1 30

.707 691

59,670

3,000 48,092 13,150

Off-Site High Level Intermediate Low Level

A&B Total

0 0

,588 12,226

0 0

112,321 167,779

0 0

10,133 185,409

0 0

,140 11,878

0 67,553 127,916

0 0

1,001 65,243

N3 4>> Category I I

(Armed Services or Federal Agencies)

High Level Intermediate Low Level

Total

0 0 12 12

0 0

716 716

0 0 78 78

1 0

±. 10

1 0

188 189

1,080 0

TABLE XIX

ON- AND OFF-SITE SOLID RADIOACTIVE WASTE

Identification

Category I A. On°Site

High Level Intermediate Low Level

Tota l

Jan , 1 through June 30, 1962

Containers Cubic F t . Curies

4 141

107,115

18,000 59,744

8 ^637

Ju ly 1 through Dec, 3 1 , 1962

Containers Cubic F t . Curies

107,260 86,381

0 51

.3^20^ 3,771

0 498

5 0 a 0 5 50,603

0 17,054 8,934 25,988

B. Off-Site High Level Intermediate Low Level

a Total

Ui

B

Category II High Level Intermediate Low Level

Total

0 0

-6*631 6,631

0 0 73 73

0 0

57,028 57,028

0 0

720 720

0 0

502 502

0 0

224 224

0 0

7,117 7,117

0 0

59,655 59,655

0 0

2,704 2,704

0 0

20 20

0 0

254 254

0 0

< 1 ^ 1

Category III High Level Intermediate Low Level

Total 5,939

0 6

930 936

0 31

.215 7,246

0 400

1,524 1,924

TABLE XX

ON- AND OFF-SITE SOLID RADIOACTIVE WASTE

Identification

Jan. 1 through June 30, 1961

Containers Cubic Ft, Curies

July 1 through Dec. 31, 1961

Containers Cubic Ft, Curies

Category I A, On-Site

High Level Intermediate Low Level

Total

0 25

4,100 4,125

0 1.191

52,786 53,977

0 100,221 4,544

104,765

1 11

3,135 3,147

1 44

52,775 52,820

15,000 5,819 8,454

29,273

ON

B. Off"Site High Level Intermediate Low Leve_l

Total

0 0

9,326 9,326

0 0

77,018 77,018

0 0

11,934 11,934

0 0

6,636 6,636

0 0

64,915 64,915

0 0

8_̂ 898 8,898

Category II High Level Intermediate Low Level

Total

0 0

511 511

0 0

,620 5,620

0 0 11 11

0 0

231 231

0 0

1,556 1,556

0 0 1

Category III High Level Intermediate Low Level

Total

0 1

6,416 6,417

0 100

659 759

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