Savannah River Site high-level waste safety issues: The need for final disposal of the wastes

Conference · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:10131293

d`Entremont, P D; Hobbs, D T

Using new criteria developed by the High-Level Waste Tank Safety Task Force, the Savannah River Site (SRS) identified six safety issues in the SRS tank farms. None of the safety issues were priority 1, the most significant issues handled by the Task Force. This paper discusses the safety issues and the programs for resolving each of them.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 10131293
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-91-372; CONF-920307-42; ON: DE92009542
• Resource Relation: Conference: Waste management `92,Tucson, AZ (United States),1-5 Mar 1992; Other Information: PBD: [1991]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SAFETY
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
TANKS
BOROSILICATE GLASS
GROUTING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
LEAKS
SEISMIC EFFECTS
DESIGN BASIS ACCIDENTS
CONTAINMENT
EXPLOSIONS
BENZENE
HYDROGEN
AMMONIA
NITRIDES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
SALTS
054000
052002
HEALTH AND SAFETY
WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE