What will we do with 104,000,000 cubic feet of Fernald waste?

Conference · Sat Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1995

OSTI ID:42471

Motl, G P; Krieger, G J ^[1]; Rast, D M ^[2]

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1. Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Corp., Cincinnati, OH (United States). Fernald Environmental Management Project
2. USDOE Fernald Area Office, OH (United States)

The Fernald Site, a Department of Energy (DOE) uranium metal production facility that ceased production in 1989, is now being remediated by the DOE under terms of a Consent Agreement with the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) and a Consent Decree with the State of Ohio. It is estimated that the cleanup will generate 104,000,000 cubic feet of low-level radioactive waste including construction debris, pit sludge, radium residue and a huge volume of uranium contaminated soil. The waste handling strategy for this huge volume of waste includes minimizing remedial waste generation, recycling material when economically feasible, free-releasing clean material and volume reduction. It is anticipated that large scale radium residue vitrification and sludge drying equipment/facilities will be constructed onsite for waste treatment prior to off-site disposal. Fernald waste disposition will include both onsite disposal (if approved under CERCLA) and off-site disposal at both commercial and DOE waste disposal facilities. The waste disposition strategy selected reflects a diverse variety of technical, political, regulatory and economic factors. This presentation will describe the current views at Fernald on {open_quotes}what will we do with 104,000,000 cubic feet of Fernald waste.{close_quotes}

• Research Organization: Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Corp., Cincinnati, OH (United States). Fernald Environmental Management Project
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC24-92OR21972
• OSTI ID: 42471
• Report Number(s): FEMP--2344; CONF-941214--5; ON: DE95009013
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
ASBESTOS
CONTAMINATION
DRYING
FEED MATERIALS PRODUCTION CENTER
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIUM
REMEDIAL ACTION
SLUDGES
SOILS
URANIUM
VITRIFICATION