Comparison of mass transport using average and transient rainfall boundary conditions. [Radionuclide transport in ground water] [electronic resource].

Published:: Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 1976.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description:: Pages: 12 : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators:: Oak Ridge National Laboratory and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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A general two-dimensional model for simulation of saturated-unsaturated transport of radionuclides in ground water has been developed and is currently being tested. The model is being applied to study the transport of radionuclides from a waste-disposal site where field investigations are currently under way to obtain the necessary model parameters. A comparison of the amount of tritium transported is made using both average and transient rainfall boundary conditions. The simulations indicate that there is no substantial difference in the transport for the two conditions tested. However, the values of dispersivity used in the unsaturated zone caused more transport above the water table than has been observed under actual conditions. This deficiency should be corrected and further comparisons should be made before average rainfall boundary conditions are used for long-term transport simulations.

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E 1.99:conf-760709-1
conf-760709-1

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Environmental Sciences

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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1976.
"conf-760709-1"
Proceedings of international symposium on finite elements in water resources, Princeton, NJ, USA, 12 Jul 1976.
Reeves, M.; Duguid, J.O.

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