Evaluation of Y-12 landfill

Technical Report · Wed Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6282399· OSTI ID:6282399

Crawford, G A ^[1]; Daugherty, D L ^[2]; Hutzler, C W; Smith, C M ^[3]; Wylie, A N ^[4]

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1. Bechtel National, Inc., San Francisco, CA (USA)
2. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
3. Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, TN (USA)
4. Adams, Craft, Herz, Walker, Inc., Oak Ridge, TN (USA)

The purpose of this project was to provide team members with practical experience in application of Civil Engineering 555, Solid Waste Management principles. Team members chose to evaluate the functional elements of the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant's (Y-12's) solid waste management system. The following factors contributed to selection of Y-12'system for evaluation: team members' familiarity with the Y-12 system; knowledge that the Y-12 Centralized Sanitary Landfill II was nearing capacity; and presence of the unique issues posed by special national security and potential radioactive contamination considerations. This report was limited to evaluation of the solid waste management system for conventional solid waste; hazardous radioactive, and radioactive mixed waste were not addressed. The report: (1) describes each functional element including waste generation, storage, collection, transport, processing, recovery, and disposal; (2) identifies and evaluates alternatives for each element and (3) identifies system strengths and recommends opportunities for improvement. 34 figs.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant (Y-12), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OS21400
• OSTI ID: 6282399
• Report Number(s): Y/WM-041; ON: DE91005997
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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