Disposal of Rocky Flats residues as waste

Conference · Mon Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:10136605

Dustin, D F; Sendelweck, V S ^[1]; Rivera, M A ^[2]

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1. EG and G Rocky Flats, Inc., Golden, CO (United States). Rocky Flats Plant
2. Lamb Associates, Inc., Rockville, MD (United States)

Work is underway at the Rocky Flats Plant to evaluate alternatives for the removal of a large inventory of plutonium-contaminated residues from the plant. One alternative under consideration is to package the residues as transuranic wastes for ultimate shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Current waste acceptance criteria and transportation regulations require that approximately 1000 cubic yards of residues be repackaged to produce over 20,000 cubic yards of WIPP certified waste. The major regulatory drivers leading to this increase in waste volume are the fissile gram equivalent, surface radiation dose rate, and thermal power limits. In the interest of waste minimization, analyses have been conducted to determine, for each residue type, the controlling criterion leading to the volume increase, the impact of relaxing that criterion on subsequent waste volume, and the means by which rules changes may be implemented. The results of this study have identified the most appropriate changes to be proposed in regulatory requirements in order to minimize the costs of disposing of Rocky Flats residues as transuranic wastes.

• Research Organization: EG and G Rocky Flats, Inc., Golden, CO (United States). Rocky Flats Plant
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC34-90DP62349
• OSTI ID: 10136605
• Report Number(s): RFP-4648; CONF-930396-4; ON: DE93008804
• Resource Relation: Conference: Waste management `93,Tucson, AZ (United States),1-5 Mar 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
ALPHA-BEARING WASTES
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
TRANSPORT
REGULATIONS
ROCKY FLATS PLANT
PLUTONIUM
CONTAMINATION
RADIATION DOSES
DOSE RATES
WIPP
WASTE FORMS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
CONTAINERS
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
052002
052001
056000
WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE
WASTE PROCESSING
LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS