Radioactive solid waste handling at the Plutonium Finishing Plant

Conference · Tue May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6684282

Manthos, E J

The Plutonium Finishing Plant is located on the Hanford Site in the southeast section of Washington State. It has been in operation since 1949. The mission of the plant is to produce plutonium metal and related products for the US Department of Energy defense programs. Solid transuranic, low-level, and mixed wastes are generated at the plant, the radioactive contaminants in the waste being primarily alpha emitting. This paper discusses present waste-handling methods at the plant and recent changes that were made to improve waste characterization. 2 refs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 6684282
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-0815; CONF-901075--3; ON: DE90011933
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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