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United States Department of Energy Savannah River Site Soil and Groundwater Closure Projects Technology Descriptions WSRC-RP-99-4015 Revision 7.1 January 2007 Prepared by: Washington Savannah River Company LLC Savannah River Site Aiken, SC 29808 Prepared for U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC09-96SR18500 Soil and Groundwater Closure Projects Technology Descriptions (U) WSRC-RP-99-4015 Savannah River Site Revision 7.1 January 2007 DISCLAIMER This report was prepared by Washington Savannah River Company LLC (WSRC) for the United States Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC09-96SR18500 and is an account of work performed under that contract. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process, or services by trademark, name, manufacturer or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply endorsement, recommendation, or favoring of same by WSRC or the United States Government or any agency thereof. Printed in the United States of America Prepared for U.S. Department of Energy and Washington Savannah River Company LLC Aiken, South Carolina Soil and Groundwater Closure Projects Technology Descriptions (U) WSRC-RP-99-4015 Savannah River Site Revision 7.1 January 2007 Introduction-1 INTRODUCTION Welcome to the Savannah River Site Technology Description Book for the Soil and Groundwater Closure Projects. This book summarizes those technologies that have been implemented to facilitate process improvements, operable unit characterizations, and remedial actions at the Savannah River Site (SRS) over the last 15 years. Overall, 105 new technologies have been applied to the environmental program at the Savannah River Site (SRS). Many of these technologies have been redeployed for use at other operable units; and in a number of cases, some technologies have been institutionalized as the standard mode of operations. The following figure depicts the number of new technology and technology redeployments from 1996 to 2006. The number of technologies redeployed is accounted by a reuse following the initial deployment. TECHNOLOGIES DEPLOYED 20 New Technologies 18 Technology 16 s Redeployments e gi 14 o l 12 hno c 10 Te f o 8 r e b 6 m u N 4 2 0 FY96 FY97 FY98 FY99 FY00 FY01 FY02 FY03 FY04 FY05 FY06 New Technologies 11 8 8 13 15 14 10 5 6 7 8 Technology 1 2 2 16 19 12 16 7 6 4 Redeployments Fiscal Year As shown on the figure, beginning in the mid-1990s, many of the technologies deployed were new as the program was in its infancy, moving from document production to field work upon regulatory approval. With more field activities ongoing, lessons learned and implementation of numerous technologies, allowed for many technologies that were initially deployed to be redeployed. This is evident as the environmental program matured into the early 21st century. After FY03, the number of field activities diminished resulting in a reduction in the number of technologies deployed. However, the program is still active in all aspects of environmental restoration and is actively promoting the use of new technologies and redeployment of technologies that expedite field work and operable unit closure while reducing cost and improving schedule efficiencies. Soil and Groundwater Closure Projects Technology Descriptions (U) WSRC-RP-99-4015 Savannah River Site Revision 7.1 January 2007 Introduction-2 This page intentionally left blank. Soil and Groundwater Closure Projects Technology Descriptions (U) WSRC-RP-99-4015 Savannah River Site Revision 7.1 January 2007 Page i of vi TABLE OF CONTENTS Chapter 1: Characterization Technologies............................................................................................1 1.1-Soil...............................................................................................................................................1 1.1.1-Real Time Soil Moisture Measurement................................................................................1 1.1.2- Real Time Remote Sampling for Early Removal Actions (Dig Face Monitoring).............2 1.1.3-Electra/Endura Survey Instrument .......................................................................................3 1.1.4-In-Situ Object Counting System (ISOCS)............................................................................4 1.1.5-Real Time Sodium Iodide Gamma Detector (RADMAPS Application) .............................5 1.1.6-Pneulog Depth Discrete Contaminant Flux Measurement ...................................................6 1.1.7-Characterization and Monitoring of DNAPL (SEAMIST by FLUTE)................................7 1.1.8-VOC Headspace Sampling...................................................................................................8 1.1.9-Surveillance and Measurement System (SAMS) 935 ..........................................................9 1.1.10-Rapid Hydrophobic Sampling (FLUTE)..........................................................................10 1.2-Groundwater..............................................................................................................................11 1.2.1-Depth-Discrete Sampling (KABIS Sampler) .....................................................................11 1.2.3-Hydrophobic Lance............................................................................................................13 1.2.4-Well Head Analyzer (Sniffer) ............................................................................................14 1.2.5-Borehole Dilution Test .......................................................................................................16 1.2.6-Passive Sampler (Diffusion Sampler) for TCE in Monitoring Wells and Wetland Soils ..17 1.2.7-Burge Real Time TCE Sensor............................................................................................18 1.2.8-Pulse Wave Well Tool........................................................................................................19 1.2.9-Borehole Flowmeter...........................................................................................................21 1.2.10-Field Deployable Tritium Analysis (FDTAS)..................................................................23 1.2.11-Multilevel Sampling in Monitoring Wells (Solinst).........................................................24 1.2.12-Multilevel Sampling in Monitoring Wells (Strata Sampler TM) .......................................25 1.2.13-Multilevel Sampling in Monitoring Wells (Westbay)......................................................26 1.2.14-FIU VOC Indicator Sensor Array ....................................................................................27 1.2.15-Cone Sipper......................................................................................................................28 1.2.16-QED Low Flow Pump......................................................................................................29 1.2.17-QED Sample Pro ..............................................................................................................30 1.3-Soil and Groundwater................................................................................................................31 1.3.1-Electrical Resistance Tomography.....................................................................................31 1.3.2-Expedited Site Characterization and CPT: Application of Innovative Characterization Method at SRS.............................................................................................................................32 1.3.3-GeoVIS Probe (Soil Video Imaging System).....................................................................33 1.3.4-In-Situ Permeability Measurements Technique .................................................................34 1.3.5-Cone Penetrometer Technology (CPT) ..............................................................................35 1.3.6-Cone Penetrometer Technology (CPT) Sonic Drive System .............................................36 1.3.7-Horizontal Drilling .............................................................................................................37 1.3.8-Resonant Sonic Drilling .....................................................................................................38 1.3.9-EM-31 Conductivity...........................................................................................................39 1.3.10-Cone Penetrometer Technology (CPT) Gamma Probe ....................................................40 1.3.11-Simulprobe .......................................................................................................................42 1.3.12-Continuous Permeability Measurement with CPT...........................................................43 1.3.13-Spectral Gamma Logging.................................................................................................45 1.3.14-Membrane Interface Probe ...............................................................................................46 Soil and Groundwater Closure Projects Technology Descriptions (U) WSRC-RP-99-4015 Savannah River Site Revision 7.1 January 2007 Page ii of vi 1.3.15-Characterization of DNAPL using Laser Induced Fluorescence (LIF) CPT ...................47 1.3.16-Field Raman Spectrograph ...............................................................................................48 1.3.17-Environmental Measurement While Drilling (EMWD)...................................................50 1.3.18-Seismic Tomography........................................................................................................51