Ground-water flow and contaminant transport at a radioactive-materials processing site, Wood River Junction, Rhode Island
Professional Paper
1571
By: Barbara J. Ryan and Kenneth L. Kipp
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Abstract
Liquid wastes from an enriched-uranium cold-scrap recovery plant at Wood River Junction, Rhode Island, were discharged to the environment through evaporation ponds and trenches from 1966 through 1980. Leakage from the ponds and trenches resulted in a plume of contaminated ground water extending northwestward to the Pawcatuck River through a highly permeable sand and gravel aquifer of glacial origin.
Suggested Citation
Ryan, B.J., and Kipp, K.L., 1997, Ground-water flow and contaminant transport at a radioactive-materials processing site, Wood River Junction, Rhode Island: U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1571, 89 p., https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1571.
ISSN: 2330-7102 (online)
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Ground-water flow and contaminant transport at a radioactive-materials processing site, Wood River Junction, Rhode Island |
| Series title | Professional Paper |
| Series number | 1571 |
| DOI | 10.3133/pp1571 |
| Year Published | 1997 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Government Printing Office |
| Contributing office(s) | Toxic Substances Hydrology Program |
| Description | 89 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Rhode Island |