NORM in Municipal Solid Waste Landfills

[estill@golder.com (Erik Still)]

Are any RadSafers aware of measurements of gross alpha, gross 
beta, radon, or other specific radionuclides in 
non-radiologically contaminated MSW Landfill gas collection 
systems or leachate collections systems?  So far, I have only 
been able to infer a K-40 concentration of between 30 and 2,000 
pCi/L in leachate, based on estimates of total potassium.

Thanks.

Erik Still
estill@golder.com
Senior Health Physicist
Golder Associates Inc.
Redmond, WA
(206) 883-0777