Savannah River Plant low-level incinerator program

Conference · Thu Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1981

OSTI ID:6259185

Becker, G W

Approximately 300,000 ft/sup 3/ of combustible solid low-level waste is generated each year at SRP and buried in trenches at the onsite burial ground. Also, 150,000 gallons of separations area waste process solvent is currently stored in temporary tankage at the burial ground, and an additional 5000 gallons is stored each year. A Beta Gamma Incinerator (BGI) has been scoped to incinerate both solid and solvent waste (FY-83 funding is proposed). A two-phase demonstration program is underway at the Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) to support the successful design and operation of the proposed BGI. The first phase is experimentation with a nonradioactive (cold) prototype system, including an incinerator and off-gas treatment equipment. This unit, called the Solid/Solvent Waste Incinerator Facility for Testing (SWIFT), was installed during FY-81. SWIFT-phase one progress to-date is reviewed in this paper. The second phase involves radioactive (hot) testing of an incinerator system at the SRP burial ground. The backlog of spent process solvent will be burned and suspect low-level combustible waste will be burned. Much of the phase one equipment will be reused in the phase two hot test facility. Beta and gamma radionuclide absorption and migration into the refractory material and throughout the off-gas treatment system will be studied.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 6259185
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-81-103; CONF-811130-8; ON: DE82003144
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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