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Subsurface Disposal of Liquid Low‐Level Radioactive Wastes at Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Author(s) -
Stow Stephen H.,
Haase C. Stephen
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
groundwater monitoring and remediation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-6592
pISSN - 1069-3629
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1986.tb00947.x
Subject(s) - radioactive waste , slurry , ridge , waste management , environmental science , bed , grout , oil shale , petroleum engineering , mining engineering , injection well , geology , environmental engineering , hydrology (agriculture) , geotechnical engineering , engineering , paleontology , physics , anisotropy , quantum mechanics
Liquid low‐level radioactive wastes have been disposed of by subsurface injection at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for the last two decades. The process entails mixing the wastes with cement and other additives, then pumping the slurry under pressure into a highly impermeable shale; the pressure is sufficient to create bedding plane fractures in which the grout, containing the wastes, sets. Research is being conducted to develop an understanding of the hydrology of the site and monitoring methods. The present regulatory climate regarding injection wells has created an uncertain future for this technique.