Facility effluent monitoring plan for the B Plant

Technical Report · Fri Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5886740

Peterson, K A ^[1]; Daubert, R L ^[2]

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1. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
2. ERC Environmental and Energy Services Co., San Diego, CA (United States)

A facility effluent monitoring plan is required by the US Department of Energy in DOE Order 5400.1 for any operations that involve hazardous materials and radioactive substances that could impact employee or public safety or the environment. This document is prepared using the specific guidelines identified in A Guide for Preparing Hanford Site Facility Effluent Monitoring Plans, WHC-EP-0438. This facility effluent monitoring plan assesses effluent monitoring systems and evaluates whether they are adequate to ensure the public health and safety as specified in applicable federal, state, and local requirements. This report describes the monitoring of the B Plant. B Plant was originally designed to chemically process spent nuclear fuels. Radiological containment and confinement features were incorporated in the various facilities and support systems to prevent exposure of plant personnel and the general public to excessive radiation. After this initial mission was completed, the plant was modified to provide for the separation of strontium and cesium, in the Plutonium Uranium Extraction (PUREX) Plant. The recovered, purified, and concentrated solutions were then transferred to Waste Encapsulation and Storage Facility (WESF) for conversion to solid compounds, encapsulation, and interim storage. After strontium and cesium removal, the remaining waste was transferred from B Plant to the Tank Farms. B Plant is an operating facility that is required to ensure safe storage and management of the WESF cesium and strontium capsules, as well as a substantial radiological inventory remaining in the plant from previous campaigns.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 5886740
• Report Number(s): WHC-EP-0467; ON: DE92008550
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

050800* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Spent Fuels Reprocessing
053002 -- Nuclear Fuels-- Environmental Aspects-- Radioactive Effluents-- (1992-)
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
AIR
COMPLIANCE
DESIGN
ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
FLUIDS
GASEOUS WASTES
GASES
HANFORD RESERVATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HISTORICAL ASPECTS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
MONITORING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PROCESSING
PUREX PROCESS
QUALITY ASSURANCE
RADIOACTIVE EFFLUENTS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
REGULATIONS
REPROCESSING
SAMPLING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOURCE TERMS
STACKS
STORAGE FACILITIES
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE FORMS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES