Polyethylene liners in radioactive mixed waste packages: An engineering study

Technical Report · Wed May 01 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5382317

Whitney, G A

Westinghouse Hanford Company manages and operates the Hanford Site 200 Area radioactive solid waste treatment, storage, and disposal facilities for the US Department of Energy-Richland Operations Office under contract AC06-87RL10930. These facilities include solid waste disposal sites and radioactive solid waste storage areas. This document is 1 in a series of 25 reports or actions identified in a Solid Waste Management Event Fact Sheet and critique report (Appendix E) to address the problem of stored, leaking 183-H Solar Evaporation Basin waste drums. It specifically addresses the adequacy of polyethylene liners used as internal packaging of radioactive mixed waste. This document is to be used by solid waste generators preparing solid waste for storage at Hanford Site facilities. This document is also intended for use by Westinghouse Hanford Company solid waste technical staff involved with approval and acceptance of radioactive solid waste.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 5382317
• Report Number(s): WHC-EP-0437; ON: DE91016393; TRN: 91-024117
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CONTAINERS
CORROSION
LINERS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
PACKAGING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
SOLID WASTES
HANFORD RESERVATION
POLYETHYLENES
WASTE TRANSPORTATION
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
POLYMERS
POLYOLEFINS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
STORAGE
TRANSPORT
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE STORAGE
WASTES
050900* - Nuclear Fuels- Transport
Handling
& Storage
052002 - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage