The Savannah River Site Waste Inventory Management Program
Each hazardous and radioactive waste generator that delivers waste to Savannah River Site (SRS) treatment, storage and disposal (TSD) facilities is required to implement a waste certification plan. The waste certification process ensures that waste has been properly identified, characterized, segregated, packaged, and shipped according to the receiving facilities waste acceptance criteria. In order to comply with the rigid acceptance criteria, the Reactor Division developed and implemented the Waste Inventory Management Program (WIMP) to track the generation and disposal of low level radioactive waste. The WIMP system is a relational database with integrated barcode technology designed to track the inventory radioactive waste. During the development of the WIMP several waste minimization tools were incorporated into the design of the program. The inclusion of waste minimization tools as part of the WIMP has resulted in a 40% increase in the amount of waste designated as compactible and an overall volume reduction of 5,000 cu-ft.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- OSTI ID:
- 102378
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-TR-95-0199; CONF-9505111-4; ON: DE95017490; TRN: 95:020548
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 11. pollution prevention conference: shaping the future through pollution prevention involvement - commitment - progress, Knoxville, TN (United States), 16-18 May 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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