Chlorine-36 in Water, Snow, and Mid-Latitude Glacial Ice of North America:211 Meteoric and Weapons-Tests Production in the Vicinity of the Idaho National 211 Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho

摘要

Most Cl-36 produced in the hydrogeologic environment originates from cosmic211u001eradiation interacting with atmospheric gases. Additionally, large amounts of Cl-211u001e36, orders of magnitude larger than naturally-produced inventories, have been 211u001ereleased to the environment during nuclear-weapons testing, nuclear-reactor 211u001eoperations, and nuclear-waste processing. Releases of Cl-36 representative of 211u001edisposal practices in the nuclear industry have been documented in the 211u001ehydrogeologic environment at the INEEL. To better determine the inventories of Cl-