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Title: Documentation of acceptable knowledge for LANL Plutonium Facility transuranic waste streams

Abstract

Characterization of transuranic waste from the LANL Plutonium Facility for certification and transportation to WIPP includes the use of acceptable knowledge as specified in the WIPP Quality Assurance Program Plan. In accordance with a site-specific procedure, documentation of acceptable knowledge for retrievably stored and currently generated transuranic waste streams is in progress at LANL. A summary overview of the transuranic waste inventory is complete and documented in the Sampling Plan. This document also includes projected waste generation, facility missions, waste generation processes, flow diagrams, times, and material inputs. The second part of acceptable knowledge documentation consists of assembling more detailed acceptable knowledge information into auditable records and is expected to require several years to complete. These records for each waste stream must support final assignment of waste matrix parameters, EPA hazardous waste numbers, and radionuclide characterization. They must also include a determination whether waste streams are defense waste streams for compliance with the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act. The LANL Plutonium Facility`s mission is primarily plutonium processing in basic special nuclear material (SNM) research activities to support national defense and energy programs. It currently has about 100 processes ranging from SNM recovery from residues to development of plutonium 238 heat sourcesmore » for space applications. Its challenge is to characterize and certify waste streams from such diverse and dynamic operations using acceptable knowledge. This paper reports the progress on the certification of the first of these waste streams to the WIPP WAC.« less

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
663376
Report Number(s):
LA-UR-98-569; CONF-980307-
ON: DE98003484; TRN: 99:000132
DOE Contract Number:  
W-7405-ENG-36
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Waste management `98, Tucson, AZ (United States), 1-5 Mar 1998; Other Information: PBD: [1998]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; LANL; FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS; ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; CERTIFICATION; WIPP; DOCUMENTATION; INVENTORIES; HISTORICAL ASPECTS; INFORMATION

Citation Formats

Montoya, A J, Gruetzmacher, K, Foxx, C, and Rogers, P S.Z. Documentation of acceptable knowledge for LANL Plutonium Facility transuranic waste streams. United States: N. p., 1998. Web.
Montoya, A J, Gruetzmacher, K, Foxx, C, & Rogers, P S.Z. Documentation of acceptable knowledge for LANL Plutonium Facility transuranic waste streams. United States.
Montoya, A J, Gruetzmacher, K, Foxx, C, and Rogers, P S.Z. 1998. "Documentation of acceptable knowledge for LANL Plutonium Facility transuranic waste streams". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/663376.
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title = {Documentation of acceptable knowledge for LANL Plutonium Facility transuranic waste streams},
author = {Montoya, A J and Gruetzmacher, K and Foxx, C and Rogers, P S.Z.},
abstractNote = {Characterization of transuranic waste from the LANL Plutonium Facility for certification and transportation to WIPP includes the use of acceptable knowledge as specified in the WIPP Quality Assurance Program Plan. In accordance with a site-specific procedure, documentation of acceptable knowledge for retrievably stored and currently generated transuranic waste streams is in progress at LANL. A summary overview of the transuranic waste inventory is complete and documented in the Sampling Plan. This document also includes projected waste generation, facility missions, waste generation processes, flow diagrams, times, and material inputs. The second part of acceptable knowledge documentation consists of assembling more detailed acceptable knowledge information into auditable records and is expected to require several years to complete. These records for each waste stream must support final assignment of waste matrix parameters, EPA hazardous waste numbers, and radionuclide characterization. They must also include a determination whether waste streams are defense waste streams for compliance with the WIPP Land Withdrawal Act. The LANL Plutonium Facility`s mission is primarily plutonium processing in basic special nuclear material (SNM) research activities to support national defense and energy programs. It currently has about 100 processes ranging from SNM recovery from residues to development of plutonium 238 heat sources for space applications. Its challenge is to characterize and certify waste streams from such diverse and dynamic operations using acceptable knowledge. This paper reports the progress on the certification of the first of these waste streams to the WIPP WAC.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/663376}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998},
month = {Wed Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1998}
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