Mixed low-level waste minimization at Los Alamos

Conference · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1998

OSTI ID:677040

Starke, T P

During the first six months of University of California 98 Fiscal Year (July--December) Los Alamos National Laboratory has achieved a 57% reduction in mixed low-level waste generation. This has been accomplished through a systems approach that identified and minimized the largest MLLW streams. These included surface-contaminated lead, lead-lined gloveboxes, printed circuit boards, and activated fluorescent lamps. Specific waste minimization projects have been initiated to address these streams. In addition, several chemical processing equipment upgrades are being implemented. Use of contaminated lead is planned for several high energy proton beam stop applications and stainless steel encapsulated lead is being evaluated for other radiological control area applications. INEEL is assisting Los Alamos with a complete systems analysis of analytical chemistry derived mixed wastes at the CMR building and with a minimum life-cycle cost standard glovebox design. Funding for waste minimization upgrades has come from several sources: generator programs, waste management, the generator set-aside program, and Defense Programs funding to INEEL.

• Research Organization: Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• OSTI ID: 677040
• Report Number(s): LA-UR-98-2177; CONF-980654-; ON: DE99000538; TRN: US0301463
• Resource Relation: Conference: 14. DOE pollution prevention conference, Seattle, WA (US), 06/02/1998--06/04/1998; Other Information: Supercedes report DE99000538; PBD: [1998]; PBD: 1 Dec 1998
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
FLUORESCENT LAMPS
LIFE-CYCLE COST
MINIMIZATION
POLLUTION
PRINTED CIRCUITS
PROTON BEAMS
STAINLESS STEELS
SYSTEMS ANALYSIS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
GLOVEBOXES