PUREX Storage Tunnels dangerous waste permit application
The Hanford Site is operated by the US Department of Energy-Richland Operations Office. The PUREX Storage Tunnels are a storage unit located on the Hanford Site. The unit consists of two earth-covered railroad tunnels that are used for storage of process equipment (some containing dangerous waste) removed from the PUREX Plant. Radioactively contaminated equipment is loaded on railroad cars and remotely transferred into the tunnels for long-term storage. Westinghouse Hanford Company is a major contractor to the US Department of Energy-Richland Operations Office and serves as a co-operator of the PUREX Storage Tunnels, the waste management unit addressed by this permit application. This appendix contains Tunnel 1 Construction Specifications, HWS-5638, consisting of 49 pages.
- Research Organization:
- USDOE Richland Operations Office, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/NE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-87RL10930
- OSTI ID:
- 6571207
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/RL-90-24-Vol.3; ON: DE91000565
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ENGINEERING DRAWINGS
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