Estimates of Radionuclide Loading to Cochiti Lake from Los Alamos Canyon Using Manual and Automated Sampling

Authors

Christopher T. McLean, University of New Mexico - Main Campus

Document Type

Report

Publication Date

Spring 2000

Abstract

Los Alamos National Laboratory has a long-standing program of sampling storm water runoff inside the Laboratory boundaries. In 1995, the Laboratory started collecting the samples using automated storm water sampling stations; prior to this time the samples were collected manually. The Laboratory has also been periodically collecting sediment samples from Cochiti Lake. This paper presents the data for Pu-238 and Pu-239 bound to the sediments for Los Alamos Canyon storm water runoff and compares the sampling types by mass loading and as a percentage of the sediment deposition to Cochiti Lake.

Keywords

Los Alamos National Laboratory, storm water runoff, water sampling, sediment, Cochiti Lake, Pu-238, Pu-239

Recommended Citation

McLean, Christopher T.. "Estimates of Radionuclide Loading to Cochiti Lake from Los Alamos Canyon Using Manual and Automated Sampling." (2000). https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/wr_sp/213