Understanding how to maintain compliance in the current regulatory climate

Technical Report · Sun Dec 01 04:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:405251

Bignell, D T; Newman, J L ^[1]; Burns, R D ^[2]

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1. Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC (United States)
2. Science Applications International Corp., Augusta, GA (United States)

A major challenge facing many of the Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear defense facilities is maintaining compliance with current regulations in facilities that were built in the 1949s and 50`s. One of these facilities is the Savannah River Site (SRS), a DOE owned, contractor operated nuclear defense complex located in South Carolina-SRS was constructed during the early 1950`s to produce basic materials used in the fabrication of nuclear weapons, primarily tritium and plutonium-239. The Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC) has managed and operated the Site since 1989. This paper describes the high-level radioactive waste management program at the Savannah River Plant.

• Research Organization: American Society of Civil Engineers, New York, NY (United States); American Nuclear Society, La Grange Park, IL (United States)
• OSTI ID: 405251
• Report Number(s): CONF-960421--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
AUDITS
DATA BASE MANAGEMENT
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
PLUTONIUM 239
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT