Defense low-level waste management strategic plan

Technical Report · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

OSTI ID:10140381

The US Department of Energy (DOE) operates one of the largest complexes for treatment and disposal of low-level radioactive waste (LLW) in the world. It has operated safely without major disruption for over forty years and continues to evolve and progress in response to new needs, new technology and an increasing environmental awareness. It is DOE`s policy to maintain the same level of protection and safety for the public and for employees of DOE and its contractors as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The policy is responsive to the requirements of DOE contractors who produce a wide variety of wastes at several sites around the country. This Strategic Plan supports the Defense Waste and Transportation Management Program Implementation Plan, which in turn supports the Defense Waste Management Plan submitted to Congress in June of 1983. Analysis of the issues by the DLLWMP concludes that the elements of DOE Order 5820. 2, are those elements which reduce the amount of waste requiring handling/treatment/disposal, provide for proper documentation and certification, and show compliance with public health and safety protection regulations. Those elements include: characterizing waste to permit proper segregation, treatment, storage, and disposal; minimizing the waste generated through waste generation reduction, waste segregation, and minimization; encouraging the use of waste treatment; setting performance objectives and conducting performance assessments to ensure that performance objectives are met; ensuring that disposal facilities are properly sited and that waste is properly disposed of.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States). National Low-Level Waste Management Program
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 10140381
• Report Number(s): DOE/LLW--65T; ON: DE92012623
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

052000
054000
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
BUDGETS
CLASSIFICATION
DIAGRAMS
DOSE RATES
HEALTH AND SAFETY
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
PERFORMANCE
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
REGULATIONS
REMEDIAL ACTION
TRITIUM
URANIUM
US DOE
WASTE FORMS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE TRANSPORTATION