N Springs expedited response action proposal

Technical Report · Sat Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1994

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10125857· OSTI ID:10125857

Since signing the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order (Tri-Party Agreement) in 1989, the parties to the agreement have recognized the need to modify the approach to conducting investigations, studies, and cleanup actions at Hanford. To implement this approach, the parties have jointly developed the Hanford Past-Practice Strategy. The strategy defines a non-time-critical expedited response action (ERA) as a response action ``needed to abate a threat to human health or welfare or the environment where sufficient time exists for formal planning prior to initiation of response. In accordance with the past-practice strategy, DOE proposes to conduct an ERA at the N Springs, located in the Hanford 100 N Area, to substantially reduce the strontium-90 transport into the river through the groundwater pathway. The purpose of this ERA proposal is to provide sufficient information to select a preferred alternative at N Springs. The nature of an ERA requires that alternatives developed for the ERA be field ready; therefore, all the technologies proposed for the ERA should be capable of addressing the circumstances at N Springs. A comparison of these alternatives is made based on protectiveness, cost, technical feasibility, and institutional considerations to arrive at a preferred alternative. Following the selection of an alternative, a design phase will be conducted; the design phase will include a detailed look at design parameters, performance specifications, and costs of the selected alternative. Testing will be conducted as required to generate design data.

• Research Organization: USDOE Richland Operations Office, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10125857
• Report Number(s): DOE/RL--93-23; ON: DE94007158; NC: NONE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

053002
054000
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GROUND WATER
HANFORD RESERVATION
HEALTH AND SAFETY
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
REMEDIAL ACTION
STRONTIUM 90