Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Trench Covers to Minimize Infiltration at Waste Disposal Sites
The United States has 11 major shallow land burial sites for low-level radioactive wastes (fig. Five are operated by the us. Department of Energy (doe) and six are commercial sites. Of these, two doe and four commercial sites are located in the humid eastern part of the country (fig. Tritium migration has been observed at all six eastern sites. The probable cause of migration is infiltration of precipitation through trench covers (battelle, The reduction of infiltration at low-level radioactive waste disposal sites appears essential to proper management in humid regions.
The trench covers at sites in the humid eastern part of the United States have not prevented tritium migration. In addition, migration of other radionuclides has been reported at the West Valley, Maxey Flats, and Oak Ridge sites (battelle, Barnwell was the last humid site to report tritium migration, which only occurred beneath the trenches. It is one of two sites using compacted clay for trench covers and has the thickest covers of any of the six sites.
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