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Sediment and radionuclide transport in rivers. Summary report, field sampling program for Cattaraugus and Buttermilk Creeks, New York

Walters, W.H.; Ecker, R.M.; Onishi, Y.
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)1982

AbstractAbstract

[en] A three-phase field sampling program was conducted on the Buttermilk-Cattaraugus Creek system to investigate the transport of radionuclides in surface waters as part of a continuing program to provide data for application and verification of Pacific Northwest Laboratory's (PNL) sediment and radionuclide transport model, SERATRA. Phase 1 of the sampling program was conducted during November and December 1977; Phase 2 during September 1978; and Phase 3 during April 1979. Bed sediment, suspended sediment, and water samples were collected over a 45-mile reach of the creek system. Bed sediment samples were also collected at the mouth of Cattaraugus Creek in Lake Erie. A fourth sampling trip was conducted during May 1980 to obtain supplementary channel geometry data and flood plain sediment samples. Radiological analysis of these samples included gamma ray spectrometry analysis, and radiochemical separation and analysis of Sr-90, Pu-238, Pu-239,240, Am-241 and Cm-244. Tritium analysis was also performed on water samples. Based on the evaluation of radionuclide levels in Cattaraugus and Buttermilk Creeks, the Nuclear Fuel Services facility at West Valley, New York, may be the source of Cs-137, Sr-90, CS-134, Co-60, Pu-238, Pu-239,240, Am-241, Cm-244 and tritium found in the bed sediment, suspended sediment and water of Buttermilk and Cattaraugus Creeks

Primary Subject

GEOSCIENCES (B3200)

Source

Nov 1982; 126 p; PNL--3117-VOL.4; Available from NTIS, PC A07/MF A01 - GPO $6.00 as DE83004627

Record Type

Report

Literature Type

Numerical Data

Report Number

NUREG/CR--1030-VOL.4

Country of publication

United States

Descriptors (DEC)

ACTINIDE NUCLEI, ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, AMERICIUM ISOTOPES, BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BETA-PLUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES, BISMUTH ISOTOPES, CESIUM ISOTOPES, CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, COBALT ISOTOPES, CURIUM ISOTOPES, DATA, DEVELOPED COUNTRIES, ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION, ELECTRON CAPTURE RADIOISOTOPES, ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT, EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI, EVEN-ODD NUCLEI, GREAT LAKES, HEAVY NUCLEI, HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, HYDROGEN ISOTOPES, INFORMATION, INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI, ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES, ISOTOPES, LAKES, LIGHT NUCLEI, MASS TRANSFER, MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES, MONITORING, NORTH AMERICA, NUCLEI, NUMERICAL DATA, ODD-EVEN NUCLEI, ODD-ODD NUCLEI, PLUTONIUM ISOTOPES, POTASSIUM ISOTOPES, QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, RADIOISOTOPES, RADIUM ISOTOPES, SPECTROSCOPY, STRONTIUM ISOTOPES, URANIUM ISOTOPES, USA, YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES

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14749561

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