Idaho Operations Office

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory

Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) Production Operations

Project Code:ID-WM-105
Problem Area:Mixed Waste
Life-Cycle Cost in 2007+: $209,000,000
DOE Project Manager: Mike J. Bonkoski, 208-526-1412, BONKOSKIMJ@INEL.GOV
Contractor Manager: N/A
For More Information: http://www.em.doe.gov/closure/pbs/idp781.html

Maximum Public, Worker, and Environmental Risks in the year 2007 and beyond:

Public: Low Worker: Medium Environment: Medium

Technical Approach Provided by Project Manager:

Due to the early stages of design, only a brief discussion of the technical approach that will be used in the project is provided here. All of the technologies being utilized in the AMWTP have been demonstrated on similar waste-type problems and are not expected to require significant development efforts beyond those necessary for application specific to this project. - Retrieval of the waste will employ earth-moving equipment, a high-capacity vacuum, and hands-on activities for dirt removal, and forklifts and trucks for transporting the waste to the treatment facility. - Retrieved waste will be sorted and segregated; the facility will have one sort/segregate line for boxes and one line for drums. - Characterization (i.e., for storage, treatment and disposal) will utilize a combination of real-time radiography, non-destructive assay methods, and direct analysis of contents. - Treatment will include incineration and/or vitrification; macroencapsulation; and supercompaction. The type of treatment employed will depend on the physical/chemical characteristics of the retrieved waste.

Post 2006 Project Scope Provided by Project Manager:

Per the Settlement Agreement between the DOE and the state of Idaho, the AMWTP will retrieve, characterize, and treat sufficient quantities of waste necessary to maintain a running average of 2000 m3 of waste per year shipped out of Idaho, until the total 65,000 m3 of waste is out of the state (by December 31, 2015, but no later than December 31, 2018). The contract with BNFL includes provisions for treating additional wastes from throughout the DOE Complex, and it is anticipated that other DOE sites will send mixed wastes to the facility for treatment. Following completion of all treatment, the facility will be closed in accordance with RCRA and decontaminated and decommissioned within approximately 3 years of completing facility operations.

Project End State Provided by Project Manager:

Completion of AMWTP Asset Acquisition project will support the EM end-state by providing a facility for the retrieval, treatment and preparation for disposal (transportation of waste to WIPP and subsequent disposal will be funded by CAO) at WIPP of 65,000 m3 of mixed transuranic and alpha low-level radioactive wastes, as well as the subsequent RCRA closure and decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) of the facility. The AMWTF operations associated with the second project are scheduled to begin in 2003 and complete in 2015, followed by completion of the D&D of the facility by 2018. There is a provision in the contract to extend the contract life as necessary and at the discretion of DOE, to treat non-INEEL DOE mixed waste at the AMWTP. Additional projects that are required to support this end-state include ID-WM-104, which provides for the actual construction of the Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Facility; and, ID-WM-107, which provides for facility and infrastructure support to BNFL from the INEEL M&O Contractor during operation of the treatment facility.

The full list of science research awards that have the potential to address projects such as this one, which deals with Mixed Waste problems, are listed in the Index of Research Awards by Environmental Management Problem Area, in the back of this appendix, under the heading "Mixed Waste".

The following awards were identified through systems engineering to have the potential to address the specific needs of this Project. Those research awards that may have the strongest link to this project are designated by the symbol "§".

Award ID
Award Title
§ 60370-CA Rational Design of Metal Ion Sequestering Agents
§ 60155-CO Measurements and Models for Hazardous Chemical and Mixed Wastes
§ 54847-CO Photocatalytic and Chemical Oxidation of Organic Compounds in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide
§ 55012-CO Extraction and Recovery of Mercury and Lead from Aqueous Waste Streams Using Redox-active Layered Metal Chalcogenides
§ 55247-IL Sensors Using Molecular Recognition in Luminescent, Conductive Polymers
§ 55211-IL Cavitational Hydrothermal Oxidation: A New Remediation Process
§ 54942-IN Spectroscopy, Modeling and Computation of Metal Chelate Solubility in Supercritical CO2
§ 54791-KS Managing Tight-binding Receptors for New Separations Technologies
§ 54864-KS Supramolecular Chemistry of Selective Anion Recognition for Anions of Environmental Relevance
§ 60231-MD Novel Miniature Spectrometer for Remote Chemical Detection
§ 54571-MA Removal of Heavy Metals and Organic Contaminants from Aqueous Streams by Novel Filtration Methods
§ 60070-MS The Development of Cavity Ringdown Spectroscopy as a Sensitive Continuous Emission Monitor for Metals
§ 55110-MO An Alternative Host Matrix Based on Iron Phosphate Glasses for the Vitrification of Specialized Nuclear Waste Forms
§ 55223-MO De Novo Design of Ligands for Metal Separation
§ 54751-NM High Fluence Neutron Source for Nondestructive Characterization of Nuclear Waste
§ 54770-NM New Anion-Exchange Resins for Improved Separations of Nuclear Materials
§ 55387-NM Photooxidation of Organic Wastes Using Semiconductor Nanoclusters
§ 55171-PA Development of Advanced In-Situ Techniques for Chemistry Monitoring and Corrosion Mitigation in SCWO Environments
§ 54973-TN A Novel Energy-Efficient Plasma Chemical Process for the Destruction of Volatile Toxic Compounds
§ 55103-TN Utilization of Kinetic Isotope Effects for the Concentration of Tritium
§ 55276-TN Fundamental Chemistry and Thermodynamics of Hydrothermal Oxidation Processes
§ 60096-TN Rational Synthesis of Imprinted Organofunctional Sol-Gel Materials for Toxic Metal Separation
§ 54679-WA Architectural Design Criteria for F-Block Metal Ion Sequestering Agents
§ 54897-WA The Sonophysics and Sonochemistry of Liquid Waste Quantification and Remediation
§ 55146-WA Adsorption/Membrane Filtration as a Contaminant Concentration and Separation Process for Mixed Wastes and Tank Wastes
§ 60150-WA Genetic Engineering of a Radiation-Resistant Bacterium for Biodegradation of Mixed Wastes
59827-AZ The Influence of Radiation and Multivalent Cation Additions on Phase Separation and Crystallization of Glass
60319-CA Thermodynamics of the Volatilization of Actinide Metals in the High-Temperature Treatment of Radioactive Wastes
55137-CA Investigation of Novel Electrode Materials for Electrochemically-Based Remediation of High- and Low-Level Mixed Wastes in the DOE Complex
54890-CA On-Line Slurry Viscosity and Concentration Measurement as a Real-Time Waste Stream Characterization Tool
54926-CA Novel Ceramic-Polymer Composite Membranes for the Separation of Hazardous Liquid Waste
54893-FL Research Program to Determine Redox Properties and Their Effects on Speciation and Mobility of Pu in DOE Wastes
54807-GA Studies Related to Chemical Mechanisms of Gas Formation in Hanford High-Level Nuclear Wastes
60424-ID High Temperature Condensed Phase Mass Spectrometric Analysis
55294-IL Superconducting Open-Gradient Magnetic Separation for the Pretreatment of Radioactive or Mixed Waste Vitrification Feeds
60143-IL Foaming in Radioactive Waste Treatment and Immobilization Processes
60247-IL Miniature Nuclear Magnetic Resonance Spectrometer for In-Situ and In-Process Analysis and Monitoring
54834-IN An Investigation of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Sonochemistry for Destruction of Hazardous Waste
54724-NM Synthesis of New Water-Soluble Metal-Binding Polymers: Combinatorial Chemistry Approach
54639-NM Development of an In-Situ Microsensor for the Measurements of Chromium and Uranium in Groundwater at DOE Sites
55179-NY Acoustic Probe for Solid-Gas-Liquid Suspensions
54674-OH Design and Development of a New Hybrid Spectroelectrochemical Sensor
54122-PA A Broad Spectrum Catalytic System for Removal of Toxic Organics from Water By Deep Oxidation
60017-PA Removal of Technetium, Carbon Tetrachloride, and Metals from DOE Properties
55205-SC A Fundamental Study of Laser-Induced Breakdown Spectroscopy Using Fiber Optics for Remote Measurements of Trace Metals
55087-TN Design and Synthesis of the Next Generation of Crown Ethers for Waste Separations: An Inter-Laboratory Comprehensive Proposal
55119-TN Phase Equilibria Modification by Electric Fields
60197-TN Microsensors for In-situ Chemical, Physical, and Radiological Characterization of Mixed Waste
54735-TX Development of Inorganic Ion Exchangers for Nuclear Waste Remediation
54672-WA Radiation Effects in Nuclear Waste Materials
54996-WA Ionizing Radiation Induced Catalysis on Metal Oxide Particles
60362-WA Ion-Exchange Processes and Mechanisms in Glasses
60050-WA Chemical Speciation of Inorganic Compounds under Hydrothermal Conditions

The following tree shows how the above awards link to this project. When multiple brances are shown leading to or from a problem area, branches to the left are primary links and branches to the right are secondary.

High Cost Project ID-WM-105 - Advanced Mixed Waste Treatment Project (AMWTP) Production Operations
                    
                    
                    
Problem Areas Linked to ID-WM-105: Mixed Waste
                    
                    
                      
Research Awards Linked to ID-WM-105:

Pass the mouse over an Award ID for more information, below. Click ID for more detail:

 		 
54571 54679 54751 54770 54791 54847 54864 54897 54942 54973 55012 55103 55110 55146 55171 55211 55223 55247 55276 55387 60070 60096 60150 60155 60231 60370
 
54122 54639 54672 54674 54724 54735 54807 54834 54890 54893 54926 54996 55087 55119 55137 55179 55205 55294 59827 60017 60050 60143 60197 60247 60319 60362 60424

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