Cost estimates supporting West Valley DEIS
An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) is being prepared which considers alternate means for solidifying the high level liquid wastes (HLLW) at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center (WNYNSC). For this purpose three basic scenarios were considered. In the first scenario, the HLLW is converted into terminal waste form of borosilicate glass. Before vitrification, the non-radioactive chemical salts are separated from the radioactive and transuranic (TRU) constituents in the HLLW. In the second scenario, the HLLW is converted into an intermediate form-fused salt. The stored HLLW is dewatered and melted and the solids are transported to a Department of Energy (DOE) site. The fused salt will be processed of the DOE site at a later date where it will be converted to a vitrified form in a facility that will be constructed to treat HLLW stored at that site. The vitrified salt will be eventually removed for permanent disposal at a Federal repository. In the third scenario, the HLLW is solidified in the existing HLLW storage tanks with cement and returned for on-site disposal in the existing tanks or additional tanks as needed to accommodate the volume. To support the EIS, the costs to accomplish each of the alternatives is provided. The purpose of this cost estimate is to provide a common basis to evaluate the expenditures required to immobilize the HLLW presently stored at the WNYNSC. (DMC)
- Research Organization:
- Burns and Roe Industrial Services Corp., Paramus, NJ (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-80ET44207
- OSTI ID:
- 6552736
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ET/44207-2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
BOROSILICATE GLASS
BUILDING MATERIALS
CEMENTS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONTAINERS
COST
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
GLASS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MOLTEN SALTS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
POLLUTANTS
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SALTS
SOLIDIFICATION
TANKS
VITRIFICATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
WEST VALLEY PROCESSING PLANT