Alligator Rivers analogue project final report volume 1 summary of findings

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dc.contributor.authorDuerden, Pen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLever, DAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorSverjensky, DAen_AU
dc.contributor.authorTownley, LRen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2025-07-25T13:36:47Zen_AU
dc.date.available2025-07-25T13:36:47Zen_AU
dc.date.issued1992en_AU
dc.date.statistics2024-11-26en_AU
dc.description.abstractThis summary report, which highlights the work and findings of the Alligator Rivers Analogue Project (ARAP) is one of a series of 16 volumes, listed below. Detailed descriptions and results are provided in Volumes 2 to 16. Full acknowledgment to individual contributions is provided in the individual reports, and in Appendix I of this report. The findings from the technical studies are discussed in the context of assessments of the long-term performance of geological repositories for radioactive wastes, which are being undertaken in many countries. They are also considered in an integrated 'Scenario Development' approach, aimed to understand the formation of the ore deposit. Despite their inherent uncertainties, the findings provide a basis for assessing the way in which radionuclides will migrate in environments with a variety of geologic settings and over a range of different geologic timescales. Thus, section 2 of this report discusses the concept of using uranium deposits as natural analogues and refers to a number of such studies, including those at the Koongarra deposit in the Alligator Rivers Region of the Northern Territory of Australia. Section 3 reviews early scientific work in the Alligator Rivers Region and summarises the results of the analogue studies undertaken between 1981 and 1987 that were funded by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (USNRC) and the UK Department of the Environment (UKDoE). Section 4 describes the objectives of ARAP and the manner in which the study was conducted and provides a general outline of the project and a summary of the findings. A general description of the Koongarra ore deposit, the focus of ARAP, is provided in Section 5, with Sections 6-13 providing summaries of the work carried out to characterise the site in detail and provide data for modelling. Sections 14-18 discuss how this data was used in modelling and how the results may be applied for performance assessment studies. Finally, Section 19 considers the implications of the work for performance assessment modelling.en_AU
dc.identifier.citationDuerden, P., Lever, D. A., Sverjensky, D. A., & Townley, L. R. (1992). Alligator Rivers analogue project final report volume 1 summary of findings. Menai: Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation.en_AU
dc.identifier.govdoc9982en_AU
dc.identifier.isbn0642599270en_AU
dc.identifier.otherSKI TR 92:20-1en_AU
dc.identifier.otherDOE/HMIP/RR/92/071en_AU
dc.identifier.pagination1-138en_AU
dc.identifier.placeofpublicationMenai, Australiaen_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/handle/10238/16346en_AU
dc.identifier.volume1en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisationen_AU
dc.subjectGeochemistryen_AU
dc.subjectGeologic modelsen_AU
dc.subjectHydrologyen_AU
dc.subjectKoongarra depositen_AU
dc.subjectNatural analogueen_AU
dc.subjectRadioactive wastesen_AU
dc.subjectRadionuclide migrationen_AU
dc.subjectUranium oresen_AU
dc.subjectWaste disposalen_AU
dc.subjectChemistryen_AU
dc.subjectEnvironmental transporten_AU
dc.subjectManagementen_AU
dc.subjectMass transferen_AU
dc.subjectMaterialsen_AU
dc.subjectOresen_AU
dc.subjectRadioactive materialsen_AU
dc.subjectUranium depositsen_AU
dc.subjectWaste managementen_AU
dc.subjectWastesen_AU
dc.titleAlligator Rivers analogue project final report volume 1 summary of findingsen_AU
dc.typeBooken_AU
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