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Title: RCRA closure of land-based units at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant

Abstract

Eight land-based hazardous waste management units at the Oak ridge Y-12 Plant are being closed. Closure plans for the units have been submitted and approved by regulatory authorities. Closure methods include liquid removal and treatment, sludge stabilization, contaminated sludge and/or soil removal, and capping. Closure is funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Restoration Budget Category (ERBC). A major project has been identified for ERBC funding to close and remediate the land units in accordance with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requirements. Hazardous wastes of various types are generated at Y-12 as part of plant production processes. These wastes have been stored, treated, and disposed of on the Y-12 site and include container and tank storage areas, wastewater treatment plants, landfills, land treatment units, and surface impoundments. Of these units, some are to be closed rather than allowed to operate with a permit. This paper focuses on two of the eight land units, the S-3 ponds, the New Hope pond (NHP), which have been closed under RCRA. Initiation of closure of all these units by November 1988 was required by statute.

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OSTI Identifier:
7098193
Report Number(s):
CONF-901101-
Journal ID: ISSN 0003-018X; CODEN: TANSAO
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 62; Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter meeting, Washington, DC (United States), 11-16 Nov 1990; Journal ID: ISSN 0003-018X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; SETTLING PONDS; REMEDIAL ACTION; Y-12 PLANT; AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; BIOCONVERSION; COMPLIANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS; FINANCING; INORGANIC ACIDS; LINERS; LIQUID WASTES; MANHATTAN PROJECT; NUCLEAR WEAPONS; PERMEABILITY; RESOURCE RECOVERY ACTS; SLUDGES; TECHNETIUM; TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS; URANIUM NITRATES; US DOE; VOLUME; WASTE WATER; ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS; DISPERSIONS; ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; LAWS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; METALS; MIXTURES; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NITRATES; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; PONDS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; SOLUTIONS; SURFACE WATERS; TRANSITION ELEMENTS; URANIUM COMPOUNDS; US AEC; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTES; WATER; WEAPONS; 054000* - Nuclear Fuels- Health & Safety; 053000 - Nuclear Fuels- Environmental Aspects

Citation Formats

Stone, J E. RCRA closure of land-based units at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant. United States: N. p., 1990. Web.
Stone, J E. RCRA closure of land-based units at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant. United States.
Stone, J E. 1990. "RCRA closure of land-based units at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant". United States.
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title = {RCRA closure of land-based units at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant},
author = {Stone, J E},
abstractNote = {Eight land-based hazardous waste management units at the Oak ridge Y-12 Plant are being closed. Closure plans for the units have been submitted and approved by regulatory authorities. Closure methods include liquid removal and treatment, sludge stabilization, contaminated sludge and/or soil removal, and capping. Closure is funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Restoration Budget Category (ERBC). A major project has been identified for ERBC funding to close and remediate the land units in accordance with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requirements. Hazardous wastes of various types are generated at Y-12 as part of plant production processes. These wastes have been stored, treated, and disposed of on the Y-12 site and include container and tank storage areas, wastewater treatment plants, landfills, land treatment units, and surface impoundments. Of these units, some are to be closed rather than allowed to operate with a permit. This paper focuses on two of the eight land units, the S-3 ponds, the New Hope pond (NHP), which have been closed under RCRA. Initiation of closure of all these units by November 1988 was required by statute.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/7098193}, journal = {Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)},
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volume = 62,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990},
month = {Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1990}
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