Demonstration of remotely operated TRU waste size reduction and material handling equipment

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5492822

Looper, M G; Charlesworth, D L

The Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) is developing remote size reduction and material handling equipment to prepare /sup 238/Pu contaminated waste for permanent disposal at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in New Mexico. The waste is generated at the Savannah River Plant (SRP) from normal operation and decommissioning activity and is retrievably stored onsite. A Transuranic Waste Facility for preparing, size-reducing, and packaging this waste for disposal is scheduled for completion in 1995. A cold test facility for demonstrating the size reduction and material handling equipment was built, and testing began in January 1987. 9 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Lab., Aiken, SC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 5492822
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-87-112; CONF-880201-17; ON: DE88006663
• Resource Relation: Conference: Waste management '88: symposium on radioactive waste management, Tucson, AZ, USA, 26 Feb 1988; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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