Cost avoidance techniques through the Fernald controlled area trash segregation program and the RIMIA solid waste reduction program

Conference · Wed May 14 04:00:00 EDT 1997

OSTI ID:486078

Menche, C E

The Fernald Environmental Management Project is a Department of Energy owned facility that produced high quality uranium metals for military defense. The Fernald mission has changed from one of production to remediation. Remediation is intended to clean up legacy (primary) waste from past practices. Little opportunity is available to reduce the amount of primary waste. However, there is an opportunity to reduce secondary waste generation, primarily through segregation. Two programs which accomplish this are the Controlled Area Trash Segregation Program and the RIMIA Solid Waste Reduction Program. With these two programs now in place at the FEMP, it has been estimated that a 60% reduction has been achieved in unnecessary clean waste being disposed as Low Level Waste at the Nevada Test Site. The cost savings associated with these programs (currently 79,000 cubic feet, $428,000) could easily run into the millions of dollars based on the upcoming restoration activities to be undertaken. The segregation of non-radiological waste in the radiologically Controlled Area not only establishes a firm commitment to send only low-level radioactive waste to the Nevada Test Site, but also results in substantial cost avoidance.

• Research Organization: Fluor Daniel Fernald, Inc., Cincinnati, OH (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC24-92OR21972
• OSTI ID: 486078
• Report Number(s): FEMP--2539; CONF-970537--4; ON: DE97006305
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
ECONOMICS
FEED MATERIALS PRODUCTION CENTER
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MINIMIZATION
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
REMEDIAL ACTION
SORTING