Radiological survey of the Shpack Landfill, Norton, Massachusetts

The results of a radiological survey of the Shpack Landfill, Norton, Massachusetts, are given in this report. The survey was conducted over approximately eight acres which had received radioactive wastes from 1946 to 1965. The survey included measurement of the following: external gamma radiation at...

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Main Authors: Cottrell, W.D., Haywood, F.F., Witt, D.A., Myrick, T.E., Goldsmith, W.A., Shinpaugh, W.H., Loy, E.T.
Language:unknown
Published: 2008
Subjects:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
SANITARY LANDFILLS
CONTAMINATION
RADIATION MONITORING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
DATA COMPILATION
GAMMA RADIATION
GROUND DISPOSAL
GROUND WATER
LEAD 210
MASSACHUSETTS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
RADIUM 226
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
SWAMPS
THORIUM 230
URANIUM 235
URANIUM 238
ACTINIDE ISOTOPES
ACTINIDE NUCLEI
ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES
ALPHA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
AQUATIC ECOSYSTEMS
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
DATA
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ECOSYSTEMS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
HEAVY NUCLEI
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INFORMATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
LEAD ISOTOPES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MINUTES LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
NORTH ATLANTIC REGION
NUCLEI
NUMERICAL DATA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIATIONS
North Atlantic
Online Access:http://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/5802644
https://www.osti.gov/biblio/5802644
https://doi.org/10.2172/5802644
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Summary:The results of a radiological survey of the Shpack Landfill, Norton, Massachusetts, are given in this report. The survey was conducted over approximately eight acres which had received radioactive wastes from 1946 to 1965. The survey included measurement of the following: external gamma radiation at the surface and at 1 m (3 ft) above the surface throughout the site; beta-gamma exposure rates at 1 cm (0.4 in.) from the surface throughout the site; concentrations of /sup 226/Ra, /sup 238/U, and /sup 235/U in surface and subsurface soil on the site; and concentrations of /sup 226/Ra, /sup 238/U, /sup 235/U, /sup 230/Th, and /sup 210/Pb in groundwater on the site and in surface water on and near the site. Results indicate that the radioactive contamination is confined to the site and to the swamp immediately adjacent to the site.

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