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Title: Safety evaluation -- Spent water treatment system components inventory release

Abstract

Over the past few years various impediments to shipment of generated spent basin water treatment system components have resulted in the accumulation of quantities of these waste items at 100K. Specifically, there are (as of 01/01/95) 13 grout/culvert packaged cartridge filters (CF), four unpackaged cartridge filters, 60 spent ion exchange columns (IXC) and seven ion exchange modules (IXM) at 100K awaiting shipment for final waste disposal. As a result of the accumulation of this waste, the question has arisen regarding the consequences of potential releases of the inventory of radionuclides in these waste items relative to the K Area safety envelope. The purpose of this paper is to address this question. The initial step evaluating the consequences of potential release of material from the spent water treatment system components was to determine the individual and total radionuclide inventories of concern. Generally the radioisotopes of concern to the dose consequences were Sr/Y-90, Cs-137, and the transuranic (TRU) isotopes. The loading of these radioisotopes needed to be determined for each of the components of the total number of accumulated IXCs, IXMs and CFs. This evaluation examines four potential releases of material from the spent water treatment system components. These releases are: themore » release of material from all 39 IXCs stored in 183-KW; the release of material from the IXCs, IXMs and CFs at 105-KE and 105-KW; the release of material from the 13 CFs stored behind 105-KE; and the non-mechanistic release of the total stored waste inventory.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10118619
Report Number(s):
WHC-SD-SNF-TA-005
ON: DE95006793; BR: 35AF11201/35AF11202; TRN: AHC29508%%41
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-87RL10930
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 24 Jan 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; HANFORD RESERVATION; WATER TREATMENT PLANTS; SEPARATION EQUIPMENT; SAFETY ANALYSIS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; FUEL STORAGE POOLS; FISSION PRODUCT RELEASE; ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS; FILTERS; STRONTIUM 90; YTTRIUM 90; CESIUM 137; CALCULATION METHODS; 054000; 052002; HEALTH AND SAFETY; WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE

Citation Formats

Dodd, Jr, E N. Safety evaluation -- Spent water treatment system components inventory release. United States: N. p., 1995. Web. doi:10.2172/10118619.
Dodd, Jr, E N. Safety evaluation -- Spent water treatment system components inventory release. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10118619
Dodd, Jr, E N. 1995. "Safety evaluation -- Spent water treatment system components inventory release". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/10118619. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10118619.
@article{osti_10118619,
title = {Safety evaluation -- Spent water treatment system components inventory release},
author = {Dodd, Jr, E N},
abstractNote = {Over the past few years various impediments to shipment of generated spent basin water treatment system components have resulted in the accumulation of quantities of these waste items at 100K. Specifically, there are (as of 01/01/95) 13 grout/culvert packaged cartridge filters (CF), four unpackaged cartridge filters, 60 spent ion exchange columns (IXC) and seven ion exchange modules (IXM) at 100K awaiting shipment for final waste disposal. As a result of the accumulation of this waste, the question has arisen regarding the consequences of potential releases of the inventory of radionuclides in these waste items relative to the K Area safety envelope. The purpose of this paper is to address this question. The initial step evaluating the consequences of potential release of material from the spent water treatment system components was to determine the individual and total radionuclide inventories of concern. Generally the radioisotopes of concern to the dose consequences were Sr/Y-90, Cs-137, and the transuranic (TRU) isotopes. The loading of these radioisotopes needed to be determined for each of the components of the total number of accumulated IXCs, IXMs and CFs. This evaluation examines four potential releases of material from the spent water treatment system components. These releases are: the release of material from all 39 IXCs stored in 183-KW; the release of material from the IXCs, IXMs and CFs at 105-KE and 105-KW; the release of material from the 13 CFs stored behind 105-KE; and the non-mechanistic release of the total stored waste inventory.},
doi = {10.2172/10118619},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/10118619}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Tue Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 1995}
}