Hanford Waste Vitrification Systems Risk Assessment action plan
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:6324460
Recent events in the Hanford waste storage tanks and delays in the startup of US Department of Energy vitrification plans suggest that the schedule for waste vitrification activities at the Hanford Site should be reexamined. As a result, a Hanford Waste Vitrification Systems Risk Assessment will be performed to identify significant risks associated with the vitrification of Hanford high-level and transuranic wastes. This document defines the purpose, scope, plan of execution, responsibilities, reporting requirements, and preliminary schedule and cost estimate to complete this assessment. The study will identify and evaluate uncertainties, quantify potential consequences from these uncertainties, and identify the risks to successful completion of the Hanford vitrification mission. Waste characterization, retrieval, pretreatment, and vitrification will be addressed. Uncertainties associated with the vitrification of double-shell and single-shell tank wastes and cesium and strontium capsules, as well as a limited assessment of the grouting of low-level wastes, will be defined. Technical, regulatory (safety and environmental), and programmatic (cost and schedule) uncertainties will be defined. Recommendations for mitigating strategies and assessments of technical alternatives will be made to reduce substantial risks. 2 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/EM
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-87RL10930
- OSTI ID:
- 6324460
- Report Number(s):
- WHC-EP-0391; ON: DE91004586
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ALKALI METALS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
CESIUM
COMPLIANCE
CONTAINERS
COST ESTIMATION
DESIGN
DOCUMENTATION
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENT
HANFORD RESERVATION
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PLANNING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REGULATIONS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SAFETY
SCHEDULES
STRONTIUM
TANKS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VITRIFICATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ALKALI METALS
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
CESIUM
COMPLIANCE
CONTAINERS
COST ESTIMATION
DESIGN
DOCUMENTATION
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENT
HANFORD RESERVATION
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PLANNING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REGULATIONS
RISK ASSESSMENT
SAFETY
SCHEDULES
STRONTIUM
TANKS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VITRIFICATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES