Radionuclides in transport in the Columbia River from Pasco to Vancouver, Washington
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Abstract
The radionuclide discharges in the cooling-water effluent of the reactors on the U.S. Atomic Energy Reservation at Hanford, Wash., were formed by neutron activation of: (1) impurities in the Columbia River water used to cool the reactors, (2) corrosion products from the reactor components, and (3) chemicals used in the water-treatment process. Until all the eight reactors that were cooled by once-through flow were shut down, their cooling-water effluents were the main source of dissolved and particulate radionuclides in the Columbia River. Concentrations and discharges of 13 dissolved and particulate radionuclides were observed at Pasco and Vancouver, Wash., for all or parts of the period from January 1964 to September 1966, and at Umatilla, Oreg., from May 1965 to September 1966.
Suggested Citation
Haushild, W., Stevens, H., Nelson, J., and Dempster, G., 1971, Radionuclides in transport in the Columbia River from Pasco to Vancouver, Washington: U.S. Geological Survey Open-File Report 72-159, vii, 95 p. (some folded) :ill. ;27 cm, https://doi.org/10.3133/ofr72159.
ISSN: 2331-1258 (online)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Radionuclides in transport in the Columbia River from Pasco to Vancouver, Washington |
| Series title | Open-File Report |
| Series number | 72-159 |
| DOI | 10.3133/ofr72159 |
| Year Published | 1971 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Description | vii, 77 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Washington |
| City | Pasco, Vancouver |
| Other Geospatial | Columbia River |