Table 4.15. DOE LLW Disposed by Methods Other Than Shallow-Land Burial

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Table 4.15. DOE LLW Disposed by Methods Other Than Shallow-Land Burial^a

Site	Location	Site use (year)	Waste Containters buried^b	Undecayed radioactive content (Ci)
Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic	38°30´N	1951-1956;	14,300	74,400^c
	72°06´W	1959-1962

Atlantic	37°50´N	1957-1959	14,500	2,100
	70°35´W

Massachusetts Bay	42°25´N	1952-1959	4,008	2,440
	70°35´W

Cape Henry	36°56´N	1949-1967	843	87
	74°23´W

Central Atlantic	36°20´N	1959-1960	432	480
	43°49´N
	45°00´W
			______	______
Subtotal			34,083	79,507
Pacific Ocean
Farallon Islands	37°38´N	1951-1953	3,500	1,100
(Subsite A)	123°08´W

Farallon Islands	37°37´N	1946-1950;	44,000	13,400
(Subsite B)	123°17´W	1954-1956

Santa Cruz Basin	33°40´N	1946-1962	3,114	108
	119°40´W

Cape Scot	50°56´N	1958-1969	360	124
	136°03´W
	52°25´N
	140°12´W

San Diego	32°00´N	1959-1962	4,415	34
	121°30´W
			______	______
Subtotal (oceans)			55,389	14,766
			______	______
Total			89,472	94,273
Hydrofracture Facility
ORNL	Bedded Conasauga shale underlying the ORNL site	1959-1965 1966-1980^d 1982^e 1983^e	Small experimental amounts of grout 8.0 x 10³ m³ 3.8 x 10³ m³ 5.5 x 10³ m³	600,000 200,000 500,000
			_____________	________
Total			17.3 x 10³ m³	1,300,000

^aRadioactivity is given at time of disposal. Data taken from Table 4.5 of ref. 3.
^bEstimated number of containers.
^cIncludes approximately 33,000 Ci of induced activity associated with the U.S.S. Seawolf reactor vessel.
^dRetired after 18 injections.
^eNew facility started up with four injections in 1982 and completed campaign with seven injections in 1983.

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Table 4.15. DOE LLW Disposed by Methods Other Than Shallow-Land Buriala

Table 4.15. DOE LLW Disposed by Methods Other Than Shallow-Land Burial^a