SWSA (Solid Waste Storage Area) 6 tumulus disposal demonstration

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987

OSTI ID:7094013

Van Hoesen, S D; Clapp, R B

A facility to demonstrate the above-grade disposal of solid low-level radioactive wastes (LLW) is being constructed in the Solid Waste Storage Area 6 (SWSA 6) at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The demonstration facility will utilize the ''Tumulus'' technology, which basically involves sealing the waste in concrete vaults, placing the vaults on a grade level concrete pad, and covering the pad with a soil cover after vault placement is complete. Loading of the demonstration unit is scheduled to begin in June, and will continue one to one and a half years until the 28,000 ft/sup 3/ capacity is exhausted.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 7094013
• Report Number(s): CONF-870245-4; ON: DE87006607
• Resource Relation: Conference: Oak Ridge model conference, Oak Ridge, TN, USA, 3 Feb 1987; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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