Accelerated clean-up at the Hanford Site

Conference · Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:10176288

Frain, J M; Johnson, W L

The Hanford Site began operations in 1943 as one of the sites for plutonium production associated with the Manhattan Project. It has been used, in part, for nuclear reactor operation, reprocessing of spent fuel, and management of radioactive waste. The Hanford Site covers approximately 1,434 km{sup 2} (560 mi{sup 2}2) in southeastern Washington State. The subject of this paper, the 618-9 Burial Ground, is located on the Hanford Site approximately 1.6 km (1 mi) west of the Columbia River, and a few miles north of Richland, Washington. Throughout Hanford Site history, prior to legislation regarding disposal of chemical waste products, some chemical waste byproducts were disposed ,ia burial in trenches. One such trench was the 618-9 Burial Ground. This burial ground was suspected to contain approximately 19,000 L (5,000 gal) of uranium-contaminated organic solvent, disposed in standard 55-gal (208-L) metal drums. The waste was produced from research and development activities related to fuel reprocessing.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 10176288
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-1455; CONF-920307-103; ON: DE94017416; BR: 35AF11201/35AF11202; TRN: 94:020978
• Resource Relation: Conference: Waste management `92,Tucson, AZ (United States),1-5 Mar 1992; Other Information: PBD: Jan 1994
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
HANFORD RESERVATION
REMEDIAL ACTION
GROUND WATER
SOILS
LEACHING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
LIQUID WASTES
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIATION PROTECTION
WASTE STORAGE
CONTAINERS
URANIUM
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
ORGANIC SOLVENTS
TBP
EXCAVATION
GROUND DISPOSAL
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE