Publisher's Synopsis
"Nuclear research activities at the U.S. Department of Energy Idaho National Laboratory produced liquid and solid chemical and radiochemical wastes that were disposed to the subsurface resulting in detectable concentrations of some waste constituents in the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer. These waste constituents may affect the water quality of the aquifer and may pose risks to the eventual users of the aquifer water. To understand these risks to water quality the U.S. Geological Survey, in cooperation with the Department of Energy, conducted geochemical mass-balance modeling of the eastern Snake River Plain aquifer to improve the understanding of chemical reactions, sources of recharge, mixing of water, and groundwater flow directions in the shallow (upper 250 feet) aquifer at the Idaho National Laboratory"--.
