Role of disposal in developing Federal Facility Compliance Act mixed waste treatment plans

Technical Report · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:111716

Case, J T; Rhoderick, J ^[1]

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1. Department of Energy, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)

The Federal Facilities Compliance Act (FFCA) was enacted on October 6, 1992. This act amends the Solid Waste Disposal Act, which was previously amended by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The FFCA set in place a process for managing the Department of Energy`s (DOE) mixed low-level radioactive wastes (MLLW), wastes that contain both hazardous and low-level radioactive constituents, with full participation of the affected states. The FFCA provides the framework for the development of treatment capacity for DOE`s mixed waste. Disposal of the treatment residues is not addressed by the FFCA. DOE has initiated efforts in concert with the states in the development of a disposal strategy for the treated mixed wastes. This paper outlines DOE efforts in development of a mixed waste disposal strategy which is integrated with the FFCA Site Treatment Planning process.

• Research Organization: Arizona Univ., Tucson, AZ (United States). Coll. of Engineering and Mines; New Mexico State Univ., University Park, NM (United States); Waste-Management Education and Research Consortium (WERC), Las Cruces, NM (United States); USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 111716
• Report Number(s): CONF-940225--Vol.1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
SOLID WASTES
STATE GOVERNMENT
WASTE DISPOSAL ACTS