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| Title | DEMONSTRATION SOLIDIFICATION TESTS CONDUCTED ON RADIOACTIVELY CONTAMINATED ORGANIC LIQUIDS AT THE AECL WHITESHELL LABORATORIES |
| Creator/Author | Ryz, R. A. ; Brunkow, W. G. ; Govers, R. ; Campbell, D. ; Krause, D. |
| Publication Date | 2002 Feb 25 |
| OSTI Identifier | OSTI ID: 828214 |
| Other Number(s) | TRN: US200428%%1040 |
| Resource Type | Conference |
| Resource Relation | Conference: Waste Management 2002 Symposium, Tucson, AZ (US), 02/24/2002--02/28/2002; Other Information: PBD: 25 Feb 2002 |
| Research Org | Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, MB; The Chamberlain Group, Ltd., Lynchburg, VA; Nochar Inc., Indianapolis; BWXT Services, Inc., OH (US) |
| Sponsoring Org | Sponsor not identified (US) |
| Subject | 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS; ATOMIC ENERGY OF CANADA LTD; BUSINESS; CLOSURES; DECOMMISSIONING; LIQUID WASTES; MONITORING; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; ORGANIC COOLED REACTORS; ORGANIC WASTES; POLYMERS; RESEARCH PROGRAMS; SHUTDOWN; SOLIDIFICATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE STORAGE |
| Description/Abstract | The AECL, Whiteshell Laboratory (WL) near Pinawa Manitoba, Canada, was established in the early 1960's to carry out AECL research and development activities for higher temperature versions of the CANDU{reg_sign} reactor. The initial focus of the research program was the Whiteshell Reactor-1 (WR-1) Organic Cooled Reactor (OCR) that began operation in 1965. The OCR program was discontinued in the early 1970's in favor of the successful heavy-water-cooled CANDU system. WR-1 continued to operate until 1985 in support of AECL nuclear research programs. A consequence of the Federal government's recent program review process was AECL's business decision to discontinue research programs and operations at the Whiteshell Laboratories and to consolidate its' activities at the Chalk River Laboratories. As a result, AECL received government concurrence in 1998 to proceed to plan actions to achieve closure of WL. The planning actions now in progress address the need to safely and effectively transition the WL site from an operational state, in support of AECL's business, to a shutdown and decommissioned state that meets the regulatory requirements for a licensed nuclear site. The decommissioning program that will be required at WL is unique within AECL and Canada since it will need to address the entire research site rather than individual facilities declared redundant. Accordingly, the site nuclear facilities are being systematically placed in a safe shutdown state and planning for the decommissioning work to place the facilities in a secure monitoring and surveillance state is in progress. One aspect of the shutdown activities is to deal with the legacy of radioactively contaminated organic liquid wastes. Use of a polymer powder to solidify these organic wastes was identified as one possibility for improved interim storage of this material pending final disposition. |
| Publisher | WM Symposia, Inc., Tucson, Arizona |
| Country of Publication | United States |
| Language | English |
| Format | Medium: ED; Size: 7 pages |
| System Entry Date | 2009 Jul 30 |
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