Waste Receiving and Processing (WRAP) Facility technology

Conference · Tue Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:6182328

Scott, J L

Waste treatment capabilities for Waste Receiving and Processing (WRAP) Facility Module 1 (WRAP-1) will be limited to opening and repackaging of suspect transuranic (TRU) drums and the necessary nondestructive examination (NDE) and nondestructive assay (NDA) services for shipment of the certified waste packages to the designated disposal facilities. The technologies used in WRAP Module 2 (WRAP-2) are principally those waste treatment methodologies necessary to ensure the final waste forms are in compliance with disposal and/or transportation criteria. The WRAP-2 will treat all TRU noncompliant waste items that do not meet the WIPP Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC) segregated in WRAP-1, all the Hanford Site radioactive/hazardous low-level mixed waste (LLMW), all large items requiring size reduction/sorting/treatment needed for disposal (mostly large suspect TRU waste items), and remote-handled (high surface dose) waste items. The current scope of the WRAP-2 Facility will employ the following waste treatment technologies: passivation of the waste by chemical additives, waste immobilization (within grout matrixes), size reduction via shears/mechanical saws/plasma arc torches/lasers, compaction, shred/grouting, plasma melting, and wet chemical decontamination techniques. All waste materials will be certified to meet the appropriate US Department of Energy (DOE) orders for waste characterization and will adhere to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) regulations in compliance with the promulgated treatment standards. 3 figs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 6182328
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-1120; CONF-910270--34; ON: DE91009420
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ALPHA-BEARING WASTES
CERTIFICATION
CHEMICAL WASTES
CONTAINERS
EQUIPMENT
GLOVEBOXES
HANFORD RESERVATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATERIALS TESTING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PACKAGING
PACKAGING RULES
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REGULATIONS
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMOTE HANDLING
SOLIDIFICATION
TECHNOLOGY UTILIZATION
TESTING
TRANSPORT
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VITRIFICATION
WASTE FORMS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE RETRIEVAL
WASTE TRANSPORTATION
WASTES