Development of bagless transfer system for standard waste boxes

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5672486

Presgrove, S B; Patel, K ^[1]

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1. Bechtel Savannah River, Inc., North Augusta, SC (United States)

At several DOE site, substantial volumes of Transuranic (TRU) waste has been handled on a daily basis. Usually, the waste has been transferred from the facilities to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) or to an on site storage facility using the bag-out'' technique. This process begins in the most contaminated area by placing the waste in a strong plastic bag, twisting closed the neck of the bag, then taping the closed neck. This reduces the exposed TRU waste and the resulting contamination. However, even though that the contamination is reduced, it remains high enough to prevent direct transfer into the environment. In order to reduce the contamination to acceptable levels, the bag-out'' process is repeated until the outside contamination on the plastic bag is acceptable. This procedure has been affective, however, it also generates organic waste in the process. During the design of the Transuranic Waste Facility (TWF) at the Savannah River Site, a conceptual alternative was developed using the Standard Waste Box (SWB).

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States); Bechtel Savannah River, Inc., North Augusta, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 5672486
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-91-098; CONF-910270-73; ON: DE92009980
• Resource Relation: Conference: Waste management '91, Tucson, AZ (United States), 24 Feb - 1 Apr 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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