Geologic Controls of Hydraulic Conductivity in the Snake River Plain Aquifer At and Near the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho

SummaryThe behavior of strontium and cesium on soil from the Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC) of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), located on the Snake River Plain of southern Idaho, USA, was investigated using sequential aqueous extractions and batch sorption methods over six orders of magnitude in aqueous ion concentration. Sequential extractions revealed that most Sr is retained in the operationally-defined ion exchangeable and carbonate fractions, while Cs is predominantly found in the residual fraction. Strontium sorption was reversible, while Cs was not, except at the lowest concentrations. Freundlich isotherms can describe sorption of both metals at low aqueous concentrations, but Langmuir isotherms were needed to describe Cs and Sr sorption over the entire range used in this study. Slightly higher sorption was observed for both when experiments were repeated on soil that was treated to remove carbonates.

Determination of Background Uranium Concentration in the Snake River Plain Aquifer under the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory's Radioactive Waste Management Complex

10.2172/910725 ◽

2003 ◽

Author(s):

Molly K. Leecaster ◽

L. Don Koeppen ◽

Gail L. Olson

Keyword(s):

Radioactive Waste ◽

Waste Management ◽

Uranium Concentration ◽

Snake River Plain ◽

Snake River ◽

Radioactive Waste Management ◽

Environmental Laboratory ◽

River Plain

Effect of activities at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory on the water quality of the Snake River Plain aquifer in the Magic Valley study

Fact Sheet ◽

10.3133/fs05298 ◽

1998 ◽

Author(s):

Roy C. Bartholomay

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Snake River Plain ◽

Snake River ◽

Environmental Laboratory ◽

River Plain

Geohydrology of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Eastern Snake River Plain, Idaho

Fact Sheet ◽

10.3133/fs13097 ◽

1997 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Brennon R. Orr

Keyword(s):

Snake River Plain ◽

Snake River ◽

Environmental Laboratory ◽

River Plain

Hydrologic Conditions and Distribution of Selected Constituents in Water, Snake River Plain Aquifer, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho, 1996 through 1998

10.2172/769365 ◽

2000 ◽

Author(s):

R. C. Bartholomay ◽

B. J. Tucker ◽

L. C. Davis ◽

M. R. Greene

Keyword(s):

Snake River Plain ◽

Snake River ◽

Water Snake ◽

Environmental Laboratory ◽

River Plain ◽

Hydrologic Conditions

99Tc,236U, and237Np in the Snake River Plain Aquifer at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, Idaho

Environmental Science & Technology ◽

10.1021/es980390d ◽

1998 ◽

Vol 32 (24) ◽

pp. 3875-3881 ◽

Cited By ~ 21

Author(s):

T. M. Beasley ◽

P. R. Dixon ◽

L. J. Mann

Keyword(s):

Snake River Plain ◽

Snake River ◽

Environmental Laboratory ◽

River Plain

Depth and temporal variations in water quality of the Snake River Plain aquifer in well USGS-59 near the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

10.2172/486118 ◽

1997 ◽

Author(s):

D.B. Frederick ◽

G.S. Johnson

Keyword(s):

Water Quality ◽

Temporal Variations ◽

Snake River Plain ◽

Snake River ◽

Processing Plant ◽

Chemical Processing ◽

Environmental Laboratory ◽

River Plain

Laboratory-Measured and Property-Transfer Modeled Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity of Snake River Plain Aquifer Sediments at the Idaho National Laboratory, Idaho

Scientific Investigations Report ◽

10.3133/sir20085169 ◽

2008 ◽

Author(s):

Kim S. Perkins

Keyword(s):

Hydraulic Conductivity ◽

National Laboratory ◽

Saturated Hydraulic Conductivity ◽

Snake River Plain ◽

Snake River ◽

Idaho National Laboratory ◽

Property Transfer ◽

Aquifer Sediments ◽

River Plain