Vadose zone characterization and monitoring beneath waste disposal pits using horizontal boreholes

Vadose Zone Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 774-788

  McLin, Stephen G ^a   Newman, Brent D ^a   Broxton, David E ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR SAMPLES; AVAILABLE WATER; BOREHOLE WALL; CHLORIDE CONCENTRATIONS; EMERGING TECHNOLOGIES; ENVIRONMENTAL CHARACTERIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SURVEILLANCE; FLEXIBLE MEMBRANES; LINER SYSTEMS; LIQUID WATER; MEASURE IN SITU; PERIODIC MONITORING; PORE WATERS; SAMPLE ANALYSIS; VADOSE ZONE; VOLUMETRIC WATER CONTENT;

AIR PERMEABILITY; BOREHOLES; CHARACTERIZATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; EXTRACTION; GROUNDWATER; MONITORING; NEUTRON LOGGING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; TRITIUM; WATER CONTENT;

WASTE DISPOSAL;

EID: 44949233778     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15391663     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/vzj2004.0106     Document Type: Article

References (60)

1. Abeele, W.V., and J.W. Nyhan. 1987. Emanation and dispersal of tritiated water from disposal shafts. Nucl. Chem. Waste Manage. 7:217-226.
2. Aikman, M., A. Kantzas, and K. Mirotchnik. 2002. Experimental work on the behavior of synthetic soils contaminated with light hydrocarbon and subsequent remediation thereof. J. Can. Petrol. Technol. 41:25-29.
3. Auer, L.H., N.D. Rosenburg, K.H. Birdsell, and E.M. Whitney. 1996. The effect of atmospheric pumping on contaminant transport. J. Contam. Hydrol. 24:145-166.
4. Ball, T., M. Everett, P. Longmire, D. Vaniman, W. Stone, D. Larssen, K. Greene, N. Clayton, and S. McLin. 2002. Characterization well R-22 completion report. Rep. LA-13893-MS. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
5. Belfield, W.C. 1994. Multifractal characteristics of natural fractures. Geophys. Res. Lett. 21:2641-2644.
6. Birdsell, K.H., A.V. Wolfsberg, D. Hollis, T.A. Cherry, and K.M. Bower. 2000. Groundwater flow and radionuclide transport calculations for performance assessment of a low-level waste site. J. Contam. Hydrol. 46:99-129.
7. Bowen, B.M. 1996. Rainfall and climate variation over a sloping New Mexico plateau during the North American monsoon. J. Clim. 9:3432-3442.
8. Broxton, D.E., and D.T. Vaniman. 2005. Geologic framework of a groundwater system on the margin of a rift basin, Pajarito Plateau, north-central New Mexico. Available at www.vadosezonejournal. org. Vadose Zone J. 4:522-550 (this issue).
9. Dublyansky, Y., D. Ford, and V. Reutski. 2001. Traces of epigenetic hydrothermal activity at Yucca Mountain, Nevada: Preliminary data on the fluid inclusion and stable isotope evidence. Chem. Geol. 173:125-149.
10. Environmental Surveillance Report. 2004. Environmental surveillance at Los Alamos during 2002. Rep. LA-14085-ENV. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
11. Epov, M.I., K.V. Sukhorukova, and M.N. Niktienko. 1998. Estimation of parameters for thin-layered formations from high-frequency induction logging data in horizontal boreholes. Geologiya/Geofizika 39:1608-1614.
12. Gardner, W.H. 1986. Water content. p. 493-544. In A. Klute (ed.) Methods of soil analysis. Part 1. 2nd ed. Agron. Monogr. 9. ASA and SSSA, Madison, WI.
13. Gilman, J.R., J.L. Bowzer, and B.W. Rothkopf. 1995. Application of short-radius horizontal boreholes in the naturally fractured Yates Field. SPE Reservoir Eng. 10:10-15.
14. Hull, L.C., C. Grossman, R.A. Fjeld, J.T. Coates, and A.W. Elzerman. 2004. Hybrid empirical-theoretical approaches to modeling uranium adsorption. Appl. Geochem. 19:721-736.
15. th National Outdoor Action Conf., Las Vegas. 25-27 May 1993. National Ground Water Association, Westerville, OH.
16. Kersting, A.B., D.W. Efurd, D.L. Finnegan, D.J. Rokop, D.K. Smith, and J.L. Thompson. 1999. Migration of plutonium in ground water at the Nevada Test Site. Nature (London) 397:56-59.
17. Kleinfelder, Inc. 2003. Characterization well R-21 completion report. Project 22461 report prepared under contact to the USACE for the USDOE, Los Alamos, NM.
18. Legotin, L.G., A.M. Sultanov, and B.E. Lukhminsky. 1995. Montecarlo simulation in nuclear geophysics-neutron logging in superdeep boreholes. Nucl. Geophys. 9:443-451.
19. Levitt, D.G., D.L. Newell, W.J. Stone, and D.S. Wykoff. 2004. Surface water-groundwater connection at the Los Alamos Canyon Weir Site. Part 1. Monitoring site installation and tracer tests. Available at www.vadosezonejournal.org. Vadose Zone J. 4:708-717 (this issue).
20. Loaiza, D., and E. Vold. 1995. Moisture profiles measured in subsurface monitor holes at the Los Alamos LLRW disposal site. Rep. LA-UR-95-1922. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
21. Longmire, P. 2002. Characterization well R-22 geochemistry report. Rep. LA-13986-MS. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
22. Lowery, W.E., and S.M. Narbutovskih. 1991. High resolution gas permeability measurements with the Seamist system. p. 685-698. In Proc. 2nd National Outdoor Action Conf., Las Vegas. National Ground Water Association, Westerville, OH.
23. Mallon, B., S.A. Martins, J.L. Houpis, W.E. Lowery, and D.C. Cramer. 1992. Seamist sampling for tritiated water: First year's results. Rep. UCRL-JC-109015. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore, CA.
24. McLin, S.G. 2004. Background radioactivity in river and reservoir sediments near Los Alamos, New Mexico. Sci. Total Environ. 328:143-159.
25. Mercer, J.W., P.S.C. Rao, and I.W. Marine (ed.) 1983. Role of the unsaturated zone in radioactive and hazardous waste disposal. Ann Arbor Science, Ann Arbor, MI.
26. Moridis, G.J., Q. Hu, Y.-S. Wu, and G.S. Bodvarsson. 2002. Preliminary 3-D site scale studies of radioactive colloid transport in the unsaturated zone at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. J. Contam. Hydrol. 60:251-286.
27. Neeper, D.A. 2001. A model of oscillatory transport in granular soils, with application to barometric pumping and earth tides. J. Contam. Hydrol. 48:237-252.
28. Neeper, D.A. 2002. Investigation of the vadose zone using barometric pressure cycles. J. Contam. Hydrol. 54:59-80.
29. Neeper, D.A. 2003. Harmonic analysis of flow in open boreholes due to barometric pressure cycles. J. Contam. Hydrol. 60:135-162.
30. Newman, B.D. 1996. Vadose zone water movement at Area G, Los Alamos National Laboratory, TA-54: Interpretations based on chloride and stable isotope profiles. Rep. LA-UR-96-4682. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
31. Newman, B.D., A.R. Campbell, and B.P. Wilcox. 1996. Tracer-based studies of soil water movement in semi-arid forests of New Mexico. J. Hydrol. (Amsterdam) 196:251-270.
32. Nyhan, J.W., and C.J. Duffy. 1999. Spectral analyses of water balance parameters at the protective barrier landfill cover demonstration for MDA G. Rep. LA-UR-99-6362. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
33. Nyhan, J.W., P.R. Fresquez, K.D. Bennett, and E.A. Lopez. 2004. Radionuclide concentrations in soils and vegetation at low-level radioactive waste disposal area G during the 2002 growing season. Rep. LA-11111-PR. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
34. Nyhan, J.W., J.L. Martinez, and G.J. Langhorst. 1994. Calibration of neutron moisture gauges and their ability to spatially determine soil water content in environmental studies. Rep. LA-12831-MS. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
35. Parkin, G., D. Redman, P. von Bertoldi, and Z. Zhang. 2000. Measurement of soil water content below a wastewater trench using groundpenetrating radar. Water Resour. Res. 36:2147-2154.
36. Phillips, F.M. 1994. Environmental tracers for water movement in desert soils of the American southwest. Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 58: 15-24.
37. Puglisi, C.V., and E.L. Vold. 1995. Low-impact sampling under an active solid low-level radioactive waste disposal unit using horizontal drilling technology. Rep. LA-UR-95-3691. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
38. Purtymun, W.D. 1973. Underground movement of tritium from solid waste storage shafts. Rep. LA-5286-MS. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
39. Purtymun, W.D., E.A. Enyart, and S.G. McLin. 1989. Hydrologic characteristics of the Bandelier Tuff as determined through an injection well system. Rep. LA-11511-MS. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
40. Purtymun, W.D., R. Garde, and R. Peters. 1978b. Movement of fluids and plutonium from shafts at Los Alamos, New Mexico. Rep. LA 7379-MS. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
41. Purtymun, W.D., and W.R. Kennedy. 1971. Geology and hydrology of Mesita del Buey. Rep. LA-4660-MS. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
42. Purtymun, W.D., M.A. Rogers, and M.L. Wheeler. 1980. Radiochemical analyses of samples from beneath a solid radioactive waste disposal pit at Los Alamos, New Mexico. Rep. LA-8422-MS. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
43. Purtymun, W.D., M.L. Wheeler, and M.A. Rogers. 1978a. Geologic description of cores from holes P-3 MH-1 through P-3 MH-5, Area G, Technical Area 54. Rep. LA-7308-MS. Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
44. Reneau, S.L., and D.T. Vaniman. 1998. Fracture characteristics in a disposal pit on Mesita del Buey. Rep. LA-12968-MS. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
45. Robinson, B.A., S.G. McLin, and H.S. Viswanathan. 2005. Hydrologic behavior of unsaturated, fractured tuff: Interpretation and modeling of a wellbore injection test. Available at www.vadosezonejournal.org. Vadose Zone J. 4:694-707 (this issue).
46. Rogers, D.B. 1998. Impact of tritium disposal on surface water and groundwater at Los Alamos National Laboratory through 1997. Rep. LA-13465-MS. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
47. Rogers, D.B. 2001. Impact of strontium-90 on surface water and groundwater at Los Alamos National Laboratory through 2000. Rep. LA-13855-MS. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
48. Rogers, D.B., and B.M. Gallaher. 1995. The unsaturated hydraulic characteristics of the Bandelier Tuff. Rep. LA-12968-MS. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
49. Scanlon, B.R. 1991. Evaluation of moisture flux from chloride data in desert soils. J. Hydrol. (Amsterdam) 128:137-156.
50. Springer, E.P. 2005. Statistical exploration of matrix hydrologic properties for the Bandelier Tuff, Los Alamos, New Mexico. Available at www.vadosezonejournal.org. Vadose Zone J. 4:505-521 (this issue).
51. 85Sr in granite, concrete, and bentonite. J. Radioanal. Nucl. Chem. 252:133-138.
52. Tseng, P.H., W.E. Soll, C.W. Gable, H.J. Turnin, and G.Y. Bussod. 2003. Modeling unsaturated flow and transport processes at the Busted Butte field test site, Nevada. J. Contam. Hydrol. 62-63: 303-318.
53. USDOE. 1993. Radiation protection of the public and the environment. DOE O 5400.5 Chg 2 (OldOrd, 01/07/1993, EH). Directives, Regulations, and Standards. Available at http://www.directives.doe.gov/directives/read.html and follow links (verified 13 May 2004). USDOE, Washington, DC.
54. USDOE. 2001a. Radioactive waste management. DOE O 435.1 Chg 1 (Order, 08/28/2001, EM). Directives, Regulations, and Standards. Available at http://www.directives.doe.gov/ and search using "orders" (verified 13 May 2005). USDOE, Washington, DC.
55. USDOE. 2001b. Radioactive waste management manual. DOE M 435.1-1 Chg 1 (Manual, 06/19/2001, EM). Directives, Regulations, and Standards. Available at http://www.directives.doe.gov/ and search using "orders" (verified 13 May 2005). USDOE, Washington, DC.
56. USEPA. 2000. 40 CFR Part 141.16. National primary drinking water regulations; radionuclides; Notice of data availability; Proposed rule. Federal Register Vol. 65(78):21576-21628. Available at http://www.epa.gov/safewater/rads/frnoda.pdf (verified 13 May 2005).
57. Vold, E.L. 1997. Synopsis of hydrologic data collected by waste management for characterization of unsaturated transport at Area G. Rep. LA-UR-97-5185. Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM.
58. Warren, W.E., and C.W. Smith. 1985. In situ stress estimates from hydraulic fracturing and direct observation of crack orientation. J. Geophys. Res. 90(B8):6829-6839.
59. Weisbrod, N., O. Dahan, and E.M. Adar. 2002. Particle transport in unsaturated chalk under arid conditions. J. Contam. Hydrol. 56: 117-136.
60. Zachara, J.M., C.C. Ainsworth, G.E. Brown, J.G. Catalano, J.P. McKinley, O. Qafoku, S.C. Smith, J.E. Szecsody, S.J. Traina, and J.A. Warner. 2004. Chromium speciation and mobility in a high level nuclear waste vadose zone plume. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta 68: 13-30.