Processing and certification of defense transuranic waste at the INEL

Conference · Sat Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1983

OSTI ID:6783571

Clements, Jr, T L; Cargo, C H; McKinley, K B; Smith, T H; Anderson, B C

Since 1970, defense-generated transuranic waste has been placed into 20-year retrievable storage at the Radioactive Waste Management Complex at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL). A major objective of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Nuclear Waste Management Program is to remove all retrievably stored transuranic waste form the INEL. To support this objective, the Stored Waste Examination Pilot Plant (SWEPP) and the Process Experimental Pilot Plant (PREPP) are currently being constructed. SWEPP will certify waste, using nondestructive examination techniques, for shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). PREPP will process uncertifiable waste into a certifiable waste form. 3 references.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 6783571
• Report Number(s): EGG-M-26083; CONF-840802-18; ON: DE84017308
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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