Identification of radwaste sources and reduction techniques. Volume 1: Implementation Handbook. Final report

Technical Report · Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1984

OSTI ID:5250866

Deltete, C P; Daloisio, G S; Wilson, R B

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) commissioned an operations-related project in late 1981 to develop a methodology which can be used by utility operations managers in evaluating the radwaste generation rates at their nuclear stations, and to help them identify successful volume minimization techniques which can be applied to reduce these radwaste sources. The result of the project is a three volume report comprising radwaste related information from over two-thirds of the operating nuclear power plants in the country as of December 31, 1981. Volume 1 is intended to serve primarily as a handbook and includes: (1) the major conclusions obtained throughout the report; (2) a method to evaluate a plant's waste management program effectiveness in minimizing radwaste generation in comparison to industry performance; and (3) radwaste volume minimization techniques successfully used at operational nuclear stations. Volume 2 describes the project's technical approach, and provides detailed evaluations of the waste source/characteristics data gathered during the project; while Volume 3 provides the entire computerized data base of plant waste sources and characteristics used in the project. 30 figures, 15 tables.

• Research Organization: Gilbert Associates, Inc., Reading, PA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5250866
• Report Number(s): EPRI-NP-3370-Vol.1; ON: DE84920303
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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