Nondestructive assay and nondestructive examination systems and activities at the INEL radioactive waste management complex
- Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
The Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC) located within the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) contains facilities and equipment to manage low-level, mixed, and transuranic (TRU) solid radioactive waste generated by the INEL and other Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories and operations. The primary mission of the RWMC is to safely dispose of INEL-generated low-level waste (LLW) and to temporarily store mixed and TRU waste. Much of this waste will be retrieved, nondestructively examined, and shipped to a centralized DOE disposal facility such as the proposed Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) facility in New Mexico. The Transuranic Storage Area (TSA) within the RWMC is used for examination, segregation, certification, and interim storage of TRU waste. Within the TSA is a facility referred to as the Stored Waste Examination Pilot Plant (SWEPP). The SWEPP facility provides space for the nondestructive assay and examination systems used to characterize and certify the various waste forms for shipping and disposal to WIPP. The process through SWEPP includes, waste container warmup, radiological survey and weighing activity, radiographic examination, fissile material assay, container integrity testing, container overpacking activity, and gamma-ray spectrometer evaluation. This paper and associated poster session will provide an overview of the current and planned future NDA/NDE waste characterization activities associated with SWEPP.
- Research Organization:
- Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States); Idaho State Univ., Pocatello, ID (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-94ID13223
- OSTI ID:
- 229545
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-951091-; ON: DE96002403; TRN: 96:002005-0022
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 4. nondestructive assay and nondestructive examination waste characterization conference, Salt Lake City, UT (United States), 24-26 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]; Related Information: Is Part Of Nondestructive assay and nondestructive examination waste characterization conference: Proceedings; PB: 550 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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