Geological and Hydrological Factors for Siting Hazardous or Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Geological and Hydrological Factors for Siting Hazardous or Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal FacilitiesThis report (1) identifies criteria important to the siting of a HW or llrw disposal facility and recom mends geological and hydrological guidelines and re strictions for siting such a facility, (2) justifies the im portance of geological and hydrological criteria with regard to site performance, and (3) discusses methods of investigation for site selection and characterization. This document emphasizes aspects of siting not ade quately discussed in the literature, such as the design of a geological characterization program and regional and site-specific geomorphic aspects of facility siting. It is designed to help state and local officials under stand the complexities of geology and hydrology in the siting process. More importantly, it provides those responsible for site selection and characterization with a checklist of items that must be considered and under stood to ensure that an environmentally safe site is selected, one in which the potential for contamination to underlying groundwater resources is low and the potential disruption of the site by natural causes is minimal.Although this report specifically addresses the selection and characterization of sites for HW or llrw disposal, the methodology and procedures presented here also could be applied to the siting of municipal landfills and other waste storage facilities, they could aid also in the siting of industries that are high generators of chemicals or waste products.For the first time, a detailed discussion of the ele ments necessary to conduct a regional geological and hydrological investigation is presented. The need for a regional approach to siting was discussed by Kempton, Berg, and Soller They mentioned that the procedure has not been widely used, partly because its methods for extrapolating data are not commonly accepted by those called upon to deal with site-specific problems that require the rapid gathering and interpretation of geological and hydrological data. However, to understand and interpret site-specific hy drogeological data, the regional geological framework must first be constructed. This significantly improves the ability of siting investigators to predict the occur rence and distribution of aquifers and helps in deter mining local and regional groundwater ¿ow systems.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.