ISSN:
1573-2932
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Energy, Environment Protection, Nuclear Power Engineering
Notes:
Abstract Electron probe microanalysis, scanning electron microscopy with energy dispersive spectrometry, optical microscopy, and x-ray diffractometry were used to locate, identify, and analyze Hg-bearing matter in the soils from the East Fork Poplar Creek floodplain located adjacent to D.O.E.'s Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant Managed by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy under contract DE-AC05-84OR21400. Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Several significant findings were made in this study; namely, that ash concentration in soils is an indicator of Hg enrichment, the modes of occurrence of Hg are identical in so-called Hg-rich and Hg-poor soils, and Hg was found to coexist with S in all cases. In addition to Hg other materials employed at the Oak Ridge site such as U, Th, alloys, and rare earth were also observed.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00279145
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