Hanford Site transuranic waste container integrity

Conference · Fri Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6130357

Duncan, D R; Anderson, B C; Demiter, J A

The transuranic waste containers stored in the retrievable storage units at the Hanford Site are described along with a description of their environment. The containers are of various types, predominantly steel 0.21-m{sup 3} (55-gal) drums and boxes of many different sizes and materials. The storage environment is direct soil burial and storage in atmospheric conditions under plastic tarps with earth on top of the tarps. Available data from several transuranic waste storage sites are summarized and degradation rates are projected for containers in storage at the Hanford Site. 13 refs., 3 figs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 6130357
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-1123; CONF-910270-32; ON: DE91009313; TRN: 91-009470
• Resource Relation: Conference: Waste management '91, Tucson, AZ (USA), 24-28 Feb 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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