Sediment properties and water movement through shallow unsaturated alluvium at an arid site for disposal of low-level radioactive waste near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada
Water-Resources Investigations Report
92-4032
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Abstract
A commercial disposal facility for low-level radioactive waste has been in operation near Beatty, Nevada, since 1962. The facility is in the arid Amargosa Desert where wastes are buried in trenches excavated into unsaturated alluvial sediments. Thick unsaturated zones in arid environments offer many potential advantages for disposal of radioactive wastes, but little is known about the natural movement of water near such facilities. Thus, a study was begun in 1982 to better define the direction and rates of water movement through the unsaturated zone in undisturbed sediments near the disposal facility. This report discusses the analyses of data collected between 1983 and 1988.
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| Publication type | Report |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | USGS Numbered Series |
| Title | Sediment properties and water movement through shallow unsaturated alluvium at an arid site for disposal of low-level radioactive waste near Beatty, Nye County, Nevada |
| Series title | Water-Resources Investigations Report |
| Series number | 92-4032 |
| DOI | 10.3133/wri924032 |
| Year Published | 1992 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | U.S. Geological Survey |
| Contributing office(s) | Nevada Water Science Center, Toxic Substances Hydrology Program |
| Description | vi, 48 p. |
| Country | United States |
| State | Nevada |
| County | Nye County |
| City | Beatty |
| Other Geospatial | Amargosa Desert |
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