22
As is to be expected from the nature of the cleanup and emplacg-~

ment, there is a wide range of concentrations. Summing the **'an
with the 73°*2**pu, one arrives at a mean value for the transuranics of 21.4 pCi/g.

If there are 12.6 Ci of transuranics in the

dome

(U.S. Department of Energy 1979) contained in 105,000 cubic yards ¢@f
soil and one assumes a density of 1.8 g/cc for the soil, the averade
concentration to be expected would be:

12.6 ° 103?
105,000 * 0.76 ° 10° * 1.8

=

87 pCi/g.

The soserved and calculated values are in reasonable agreement sin

the contribution from the material encased in concrete in the “don

hole* at the center of the dome is not considered and neither the
ans
calculated from the samples nor the estimates made during the clearmip
are likely to be very accurate.
Water samples taken from two different levels of a hole drill
in
the dome also were analyzed.
The water was filtered through a 0.45
micron filter and both filtrate and filter were analyzed.
The me

values (in pCi/£}) were as follows:
Radionuclide

Soluble

Particulate

zs9tzeeny

0.05

77.8

7%) am

0.005

67

**sr
137 es

331
248

112
146

The transuranics are essentially all asscciated with the particulat

fraction and not as available for transport as '*’cs and °*Sr where
the greater concentrationa are in the soluble fraction.

The mean

values (in pCi/£) for samples from the 20-foot level in the two wel
outside the dome were as follows:

Radionuclide

Soluble

**7) am
*"'Sr
‘#7 es

0.003
225
27

z9sT2eep,

0.142

Particulate

164

59
156
97

Somewhat higher concentrations of all nuclides were found in samples
from the 40-foot level in cre well. However, at the present time it
is not clear if these radionuclides in the well samples are coming fgon
the dome or from the fall-back zone or were present in the soil from
other causes such as the work done in preparation for construction o
the dome.
An artificial beach was constructed for the off loading o
the material placed in the dome and it is probable that contaminated
soil was used in its construction.

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