Hanford waste vitrification plant remote-handling application

Conference · Tue Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1989 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:5498332

Swenson, L D ^[1]; Wolfe, B A ^[2]

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1. Westinghouse Savannah River Company, Aiken, SC (USA)
2. Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, WA (USA)

The Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant (HWVP) Project, to be constructed on the Hanford site in southeastern Washington State, will immobilize the liquid high-level defense waste stored there. The wastes will be retrieved from double-shell tanks (DSTs) and pretreated at another facility on-site. The vitrification process will provide immobilization and allow eventual permanent disposal of the low-volume, high-activity fraction of the treated tank wastes. The low-activity waste fraction will be formed into grout at the Hanford grout treatment facility and disposed of in near-surface disposal vaults. These operations comprise the initial steps to provide for the permanent disposal of {approximately}70,000,000 Ci of waste fission products and 70,000 Ci of transuranic waste, including 400 kg of plutonium. An essential design requirement of the HWVP is to meet the radiation protection requirements of as low as reasonably achievable (ALARA). With the emphasis on radiation protection of the plant operating staff, it is imperative that the process operations involving radioactive materials use remote handling and robotics to the maximum degree economically feasible.

• OSTI ID: 5498332
• Report Number(s): CONF-891103--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Vol. 60; ISSN TANSA; ISSN 0003-018X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
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ALARA
CONSTRUCTION
DESIGN
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
FEDERAL REGION X
FISSION PRODUCTS
HANFORD RESERVATION
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
ISOTOPES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
OCCUPATIONAL EXPOSURE
OPERATION
PROCESSING
PUBLIC HEALTH
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REMOTE HANDLING
ROBOTS
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
STORAGE
TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
USA
VITRIFICATION
WASHINGTON
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES