A COMPARISON OF CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH SLUDGE REMOVAL & TREATMENT & DISPOSAL AT SEVERAL SPENT FUEL STORAGE LOCATIONS
Abstract
Challenges associated with the materials that remain in spent fuel storage pools are emerging as countries deal with issues related to storing and cleaning up nuclear fuel left over from weapons production. The K Basins at the Department of Energy's site at Hanford in southeastern Washington State are an example. Years of corrosion products and piles of discarded debris are intermingled in the bottom of these two pools that stored more 2,100 metric tons (2,300 tons) of spent fuel. Difficult, costly projects are underway to remove radioactive material from the K Basins. Similar challenges exist at other locations around the globe. This paper compares the challenges of handling and treating radioactive sludge at several locations storing spent nuclear fuel.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Hanford Site (HNF), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE - Office of Environmental Management (EM)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 897770
- Report Number(s):
- HNF-31048-FP Rev 0
TRN: US0701517
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC06-96RL13200
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: WM07 WASTE MANAGEMENT SYMPOSIA 2007 02/25/2007 THRU 03/01/2007 TUSCON AZ
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; CLEANING; CORROSION PRODUCTS; METRICS; NUCLEAR FUELS; PRODUCTION; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; REMOVAL; SLUDGES; SPENT FUEL STORAGE; SPENT FUELS; UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WEAPONS
Citation Formats
PERES, M W. A COMPARISON OF CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH SLUDGE REMOVAL & TREATMENT & DISPOSAL AT SEVERAL SPENT FUEL STORAGE LOCATIONS. United States: N. p., 2007.
Web.
PERES, M W. A COMPARISON OF CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH SLUDGE REMOVAL & TREATMENT & DISPOSAL AT SEVERAL SPENT FUEL STORAGE LOCATIONS. United States.
PERES, M W. 2007.
"A COMPARISON OF CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH SLUDGE REMOVAL & TREATMENT & DISPOSAL AT SEVERAL SPENT FUEL STORAGE LOCATIONS". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/897770.
@article{osti_897770,
title = {A COMPARISON OF CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH SLUDGE REMOVAL & TREATMENT & DISPOSAL AT SEVERAL SPENT FUEL STORAGE LOCATIONS},
author = {PERES, M W},
abstractNote = {Challenges associated with the materials that remain in spent fuel storage pools are emerging as countries deal with issues related to storing and cleaning up nuclear fuel left over from weapons production. The K Basins at the Department of Energy's site at Hanford in southeastern Washington State are an example. Years of corrosion products and piles of discarded debris are intermingled in the bottom of these two pools that stored more 2,100 metric tons (2,300 tons) of spent fuel. Difficult, costly projects are underway to remove radioactive material from the K Basins. Similar challenges exist at other locations around the globe. This paper compares the challenges of handling and treating radioactive sludge at several locations storing spent nuclear fuel.},
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year = {Tue Jan 09 00:00:00 EST 2007},
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