Assessing controls on perched saturated zones beneath the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center, Idaho
Subtitle: by Benjamin B. Mirus, Kim S. Perkins, and John R. Nimmo ; prepared in cooperation with the U.S. Department of Energy
Contributors: Perkins, Kim S.; Nimmo, John R.; Geological Survey (U.S.); United States. Department of Energy
Series: Scientific investigations report -- 2011-5222; Scientific investigations report -- 2011-5222.
Publisher: U.S. Geological Survey
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Reston, Va
Language: eng
Number of pages: 20
Subjects: Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center; Environmental aspects; Pollution; Groundwater; Radioactive pollution of water
Description: "Waste byproducts associated with operations at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) have the potential to contaminate the eastern Snake River Plain (ESRP) aquifer. Recharge to the ESRP aquifer is controlled largely by the alternating stratigraphy of fractured volcanic rocks and sedimentary interbeds within the overlying vadose zone and by the availability of water at the surface.  Beneath the INTEC facilities, localized zones of saturation perched on the sedimentary interbeds are of particular concern because they may facilitate accelerated transport of contaminants."--Abstract
Notes: "DOE/ID-22216"--Cover.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 18-20).