Site characterization report

Site Characterization Report for the Basalt Waste Isolation Project, DOE/RL 82-3, 3 vols., Rockwell Hanford Operations, for the U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., November 1982. 

Site Characterization Report Factual Data Presentation Description of Subsurface Conditions and Stratigraphy Definition of Soil Properties Geotechnical Recommendations Application of Computerized Databases... 

The site characterization report should contain a presentation of the site data, and an interpretation and analysis of the foundation conditions at the project site. The site characterization report should include the following ... 

The site data presented in the site characterization report may be developed from the current and/ or past field investigations at or near the project site, as-built documents, maintenance records, and construction notes. When historic data are included or summarized, the original sources of the data should be cited. 

To achieve those objectives, the site characterization report should include descriptions of (1) site topography and/or bathymetry, (2) site geology, (3) subsurface stratigraphy and stratigraphic relationships, (4) continuity or lack of continuity of the various subsurface strata, (5) groundwater depths and conditions, and (6) assessment of the documented and possible undocumented variability of the subsurface conditions. Information relative to the subsurface conditions is usually provided in text, cross-sections, and maps. 

The site characterization report should provide solutions to the geotechnical issues and contain geotechnical recommendations that are complete, concise, and definitive. The recommended foundation and geotechnical systems should be cost-effective, performance-proven, and constructible. Where appropriate, alternative foundation types should be discussed and evaluated. When construction problems are anticipated, solutions to these problems should be described. 

Wilson, J. T., Leach, L. E., Michalowski, J., Vandegrift, S., and Callaway, R., 1989, In-Situ Bioremediation of Spills from Underground Storage Tanks New Approaches for Site Characterization, Project Design, and Evaluation of Performance. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Report No. EPA/60012-89/042, July, 56 pp. 

In order to provide useful information to support the threat evaluation process and the development of an analytical approach, the findings of the site characterization should be summarized in a report. This report is not intended to be a formal document, but simply a concise summary of information from the site activities that can be quickly assembled within an hour or two. The recommended content of the report includes... 

This review is a summary of the work done and potential opportunities for inexpensive and easily accessible base catalysts, such as alkaline earth metal oxides and hydroxides, as well as alkali metals and oxides supported on alkaline earth metal oxides. Preparation methods of these materials, as well as characterization of basic sites are reported. An extensive review of their catalytic applications for a variety of organic transformations including isomerization, carbon-carbon and carbon-oxygen bond formation, and hydrogen transfer reactions is presented. 

USEPA] US Environmental Piotection Agency. 2000. Hudson River PCBs Reassessment RI/ F. Phase 2 Report, review copy. Further site characterization and analysis. Volume 2D, revised baseline modeling report. Book 3 of 4. Chapter 6. Prepared for USEPA Region 2 and US Army Corps of Engineers Kansas City District by TAMS Consultants, Limno-Tech Inc., Menzie-Cura and Associates Inc., and Tetra Tech Inc. January 2000. 

Study included flux measurements at sites characterized by six different sediment-plant types Enteromorpha sp., phytoplankton detritus, seagrass + epiphytes, seagrass, Gradlaria sp., and benthic microalgae. Incubations were done in the light and dark net release rates are reported. 

Rhen I., Gustafson G., Stanfors R., and Wikberg P. (1997) Aspo HRL—Geoscientific Evaluation 1997/5. Models Based on Site Characterization 1986-1995. Technical Report 97-06, Swedish Nuclear Fuel and Waste Management Company (SKB), 428p. 

Triay I. R., Meijer A., Conca J. L., Rung K. S., Rundberg R. S., Streitelmeier B. A., Tait C. D., Clark D. L., Neu M. P., and Hobart D. E. (1997) Summary and Synthesis Report on Radionuclide Retardation for the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project LA-13262-MS. Los Alamos National Laboratories. 

Environmental characterization data for a hazardous waste site includes information on environmental contamination and environmental pathways. Such information is provided in site-specific reports obtained from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and pertinent state and local environmental departments. Site visits are also an important source of environmental characterization data. 

Conca, j. 1992. Transport in unsaturated flow systems using centrifuge techniques, Froc. DOE/Yucca Mountain site characterization project radionuclide adsorption workshop at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Report LA-12325-C,pp. 125-52. 

The US Department of Energy s TSPA report for the Yucca Mountain Site Characterization Project (TRW, 1999) gave the following description of linkage between the processes ... 

Jenkins TF et al., Site Characterization for Explosives at a Military Firing Range Impact Area, U.S. Army CRREL Special Report 98-9, U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center, Hanover, NH, 1998. 

Dershowitz W., Wallmann P., Kindred S. 1991. Discrete fracture modelling for the Slripa site characterization and validation drift inflow prediction, Stripa Project Technical Report 91-16. SKB. 

Figures 2 and 3 report the projection along [110] and [100] of the two polytype structures. The main results of the structure refinements are the following a) regular T-O distances and partial Si/Al ordering in both frameworks b) identification of two Ca sites in the monoclinic structure c) identification of two Ca sites in comparable positions in the tetragonal structure, but with lower occupancy d) a further cation site probably occupied by Mg in tetragonal-dominant crystals e) the presence of many other extraframework sites characterized by low electron densities and large distances from the framework oxygens.

Public Law 104-201.1996. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997, Washington, DC. Sandia Laboratories. 1978. Geological Characterization Report Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Site, Southeastern New Mexico, SAND78-1596, Albuquerque, NM. 

Kurtulus, A., Lee, JJ- Stokoe, K.H. 2005. Summary report - site characterization of capital aggregates test site. Technical report. Department of Civil Engineering, University of Texas at Austin. 

Infrared Absorption Spectra. Molecular spectra of matrix-isolated Th N and Th N at 15 K as produced by sputtering Th in Ar+Ng and in Kr+Ng mixtures have been reported by Green, Reedy [7]. The infrared spectra show a multiplet of absorption peaks (Table 8) all corresponding to one and the same stretching mode of vibration but to several different matrix sites characterized by different arrangements of the inert gas atoms. The site for Th N with the absorption peak v = 934.61 cm predominates after the matrix is annealed at 34 K. 

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