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Engineering study for an equipment system for retrieval/handling of buried transuranic waste

Conference ·
OSTI ID:6418471
The TRU waste addressed is 2,300,000 ft/sup 3/ buried at the Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC) located at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL). The retrieval rate design criteria used in the study is 300,000 ft/sup 3/ of waste per year plus an equivalent amount of soil. The retrieval concept places the operator in a totally enclosed cab which provides protection from radiological and industrial hazards associated with retrieval. The mechanized equipment is based upon modification of existing equipment, a large selection of which is available from coal mining and hard-rock mining industries.
Research Organization:
Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls (USA); FMC Corp., San Jose, CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
EY-76-C-07-1570
OSTI ID:
6418471
Report Number(s):
CONF-781105-69
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English