1992 Report on Hanford Site land disposal restrictions for mixed wastes

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:10172391

Black, D

Since the early 1940s, the contractors at the Hanford Site have been involved in the production and purification of nuclear defense materials. These production activities have resulted in the generation of large quantities of liquid and solid radioactive mixed waste (RMW). This waste is subject to regulation under authority of both the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 19761 (RCRA) and Atomic Energy Act. This report covers mixed waste only. Hazardous-only waste is considered in compliance with land disposal restrictions. The Washington State Department of Ecology, US Environmental Protection Agency, and US Department of Energy have entered into an agreement, the Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Orders (commonly referred to as the Tri-Party Agreement) to bring the Hanford Site operations into compliance with dangerous waste regulations. The Tri-Party Agreement required development of the original land disposal restrictions plan and its annual updates to comply with land disposal restriction requirements for RMW. This report is the second update of the plan first issued in 1990. The Tri-Party Agreement requires, and the baseline plan and annual update reports provide, the following information: waste character information; storage data; treatment information; waste reduction information; schedule; and, progress.

• Research Organization: USDOE Richland Field Office, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 10172391
• Report Number(s): DOE/RL--92-15; ON: DE92019697
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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