Characterization of plutonium contaminated soils from the Nevada test site for remediation method selection

Guilhermina Torrao; Robert Carlino; Steve L. Hoeffner; James D. Navratil

doi:10.1115/ICEM2003-4610

Characterization of plutonium contaminated soils from the Nevada test site for remediation method selection

Guilhermina Torrao^*, Robert Carlino, Steve L. Hoeffner, James D. Navratil

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Clemson University

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The characterization of plutonium contaminated soils from the Nevada test site (NTS) for remediation method selection is discussed. Plutonium contamination in soils is an environmental concern at many U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sites. About a 40% volume reduction of contaminated soil can be achieved by removing the >300 micrometer size fraction of the soil. The sequential extraction work shows that significant amounts of plutonium were extracted from the soil using organic (HNO₃/peroxide) and resistant (8 M HNO₃) extracts.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	9th ASME International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation: Volumes 1, 2, and 3
Publisher	ASME
Pages	1907-1912
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEM2003-4610
Publication status	E-pub ahead of print - 2009
Event	9th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management - Oxford, United Kingdom Duration: 21 Sept 2003 → 25 Sept 2003

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Conference	9th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management
Country/Territory	United Kingdom
City	Oxford
Period	21/09/03 → 25/09/03

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Torrao, G., Carlino, R., Hoeffner, S. L., & Navratil, J. D. (2009). Characterization of plutonium contaminated soils from the Nevada test site for remediation method selection. In 9th ASME International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation: Volumes 1, 2, and 3 (pp. 1907-1912). ASME. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEM2003-4610

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Torrao, G, Carlino, R, Hoeffner, SL & Navratil, JD 2009, Characterization of plutonium contaminated soils from the Nevada test site for remediation method selection. in 9th ASME International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation: Volumes 1, 2, and 3. ASME, pp. 1907-1912, 9th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, Oxford, United Kingdom, 21/09/03. https://doi.org/10.1115/ICEM2003-4610

Characterization of plutonium contaminated soils from the Nevada test site for remediation method selection. / Torrao, Guilhermina; Carlino, Robert; Hoeffner, Steve L. et al.
9th ASME International Conference on Radioactive Waste Management and Environmental Remediation: Volumes 1, 2, and 3. ASME, 2009. p. 1907-1912.

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