Conceptual design report for waste incineration development activity. Internal technical report

Technical Report · Sun Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:5281406

Logan, J A; Maughan, R Y; Withers, S R

This project consists of establishing the Waste Incineration Development Activity (WIDA) in the Waste Experimental Reduction Facility (WERF). The purpose of this project is to develop the capability to incinerate low-level beta/gamma contamination waste. After process development has been completed, and incineration system reliability has been proven, the incinerator will be used for volume reduction of the Idaho National Engineering Lab's (INEL) combustible contaminated waste. Future development activities to be performed within the WIDA include ash solidification, alternate off-gas treatment, nuclide migration studies, and remotization of the incineration and ash solidification processes. This project will include systems to characterize the waste and convey the waste to the incinerator, incinerate the waste, cool and drum the resulting ash, and condition and filter the off-gas. Equipment to be installed in support of this task include an x-ray system, conveyors, a controlled air incinerator, ash handling equipment, a heat-exchanger, high temperature ducting, a spark arrester, exhaust fans, HEPA filters and an auxiliary power supply. This project is estimated to cost $1,900,000. Design will be performed by EG and G Idaho, Inc. and construction by Morrison-Knudsen Co. utilizing fixed price subcontracts. Design is scheduled to be completed by the end of February 1982 and construction by the end of July 1982. This schedule assumes funding is and will remain available from the first day of fiscal year 82. Any funding deficiency will directly affect EG and G's ability to meet this schedule.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 5281406
• Report Number(s): EGG-WM-F-1-81-024; ON: DE85017234
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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