Tritium in water vapor in the shallow unsaturated zone at the Amargosa Desert Research Site
Edited by: David W. Morganwalp and Herbert T. Buxton
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Abstract
Samples of water vapor in soil gas were obtained at the U.S. Geological Survey's Amargosa Desert Research Site in 1997 and 1998 from a depth of 1.5 m (meters) within a 300 m by 300 m grid that lies immediately to the south and west of a low-level radioactive-waste disposal site. The gas samples were analyzed for tritium. Fifty-eight samples were collected in May 1997; 61 samples were collected in June 1998. Measured tritium concentrations ranged from 16 ± 9 TU (tritium units) to 36,900 ± 300 TU in 1997, and from 6 ± 6 TU to 37,360 ± 450 TU in 1998. Concentrations decreased from northeast to southwest across the grid. In general, there was very little difference in tritium concentrations between the two sampling periods.
| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Other Report |
| Title | Tritium in water vapor in the shallow unsaturated zone at the Amargosa Desert Research Site |
| Year Published | 1999 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Publisher location | West Trenton, NJ |
| Contributing office(s) | Nevada Water Science Center |
| Description | 6 p. |
| Larger Work Type | Report |
| Larger Work Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Larger Work Title | U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program: Proceedings of the technical meeting, Charleston, South Carolina, March 8-12, 1999: Volume 3 (Part C) (WRI 99-4018C) |
| First page | 485 |
| Last page | 490 |
| Conference Title | Seventh Technical Meeting of the U.S. Geological Survey Toxic Substances Hydrology Program |
| Conference Location | Charleston, SC |
| Conference Date | March 8-12, 1999 |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| Other Geospatial | Amargosa Desert Research Site |