On-site waste storage assuring the success of on-site, low-level nuclear waste storage

Conference · Sun Sep 21 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:5415130

Preston, E L

Waste management has reached paramount importance in recent years. The successful management of radioactive waste is a key ingredient in the successful operation of any nuclear facility. This paper discusses the options available for on-site storage of low-level radioactive waste and those options that have been selected by the Department of Energy facilities operated by Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc. in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The focus of the paper is on quality assurance (QA) features of waste management activities such as accountability and retrievability of waste materials and waste packages, retrievability of data, waste containment, safety and environmental monitoring. Technical performance and careful documentation of that performance are goals which can be achieved only through the cooperation of numerous individuals from waste generating and waste managing organizations, engineering, QA, and environmental management.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5415130
• Report Number(s): CONF-8609125-1; ON: DE86014225
• Resource Relation: Conference: 13. annual American Society for Quality Control Energy Division conference, Ft. Lauderdale, FL, USA, 21 Sep 1986; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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