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"N-waste found to move with groundwater"
Thursday, November 12, 1998
Environmental News Network

For the full story go to
http://www.enn.com/news/enn-stories/1998/11/111298/groundwater.asp

Research reported in the Nov.11, 1998 Web edition of Environmental
Science & Technology, a journal of the American Chemical Society claims
that radioactive contaminants in groundwater can migrate over long
distances faster than originally thought. Scientists injected
non-radioactive tracers into groundwater at the Oak Ridge National
Laboratory in Tennessee. The scientists discovered that decomposed plant
matter can bind to radionuclides and prevent them from being retained in
the soil, thereby speeding the migration of the contaminant. A week after
the injections, tracers were observed 10 to 80 meters from the injection
site. Researcher believe these findings have "enormous implications" for
current and future waste disposal facilities.

For more information, contact
Marvin Coyner, American Chemical Society,
(202)872-4460, email: m_coyner@acs.org.