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Title: Disposal of Rocky Flats residues as waste

Abstract

Work is underway at the Rocky Flats Plant to evaluate alternatives for the removal of a large inventory of plutonium-contaminated residues from the plant. One alternative under consideration is to package the residues as transuranic wastes for ultimate shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Current waste acceptance criteria and transportation regulations require that approximately 1000 cubic yards of residues be repackaged to produce over 20,000 cubic yards of WIPP certified waste. The major regulatory drivers leading to this increase in waste volume are the fissile gram equivalent, surface radiation dose rate, and thermal power limits. In the interest of waste minimization, analyses have been conducted to determine, for each residue type, the controlling criterion leading to the volume increase, the impact of relaxing that criterion on subsequent waste volume, and the means by which rules changes may be implemented. The results of this study have identified the most appropriate changes to be proposed in regulatory requirements in order to minimize the costs of disposing of Rocky Flats residues as transuranic wastes.

Authors:
;  [1];  [2]
  1. EG and G Rocky Flats, Inc., Golden, CO (United States). Rocky Flats Plant
  2. Lamb Associates, Inc., Rockville, MD (United States)
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
EG and G Rocky Flats, Inc., Golden, CO (United States). Rocky Flats Plant
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
6865736
Report Number(s):
RFP-4648; CONF-930396-4
ON: DE93008804
DOE Contract Number:  
AC34-90DP62349
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Waste management 93, Tucson, AZ (United States), 1-5 Mar 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; TRANSPORT; UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL; REGULATIONS; CONTAINERS; CONTAMINATION; DOSE RATES; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PLUTONIUM; RADIATION DOSES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; ROCKY FLATS PLANT; WASTE FORMS; WIPP; ACTINIDES; DOSES; ELEMENTS; FUNCTIONAL MODELS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; METALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PILOT PLANTS; PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SAFETY; TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS; UNDERGROUND FACILITIES; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES; 052002* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage; 052001 - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Processing; 056000 - Nuclear Fuels- Legislation & Regulations- (1987-)

Citation Formats

Dustin, D F, Sendelweck, V S, and Rivera, M A. Disposal of Rocky Flats residues as waste. United States: N. p., 1993. Web.
Dustin, D F, Sendelweck, V S, & Rivera, M A. Disposal of Rocky Flats residues as waste. United States.
Dustin, D F, Sendelweck, V S, and Rivera, M A. 1993. "Disposal of Rocky Flats residues as waste". United States.
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abstractNote = {Work is underway at the Rocky Flats Plant to evaluate alternatives for the removal of a large inventory of plutonium-contaminated residues from the plant. One alternative under consideration is to package the residues as transuranic wastes for ultimate shipment to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. Current waste acceptance criteria and transportation regulations require that approximately 1000 cubic yards of residues be repackaged to produce over 20,000 cubic yards of WIPP certified waste. The major regulatory drivers leading to this increase in waste volume are the fissile gram equivalent, surface radiation dose rate, and thermal power limits. In the interest of waste minimization, analyses have been conducted to determine, for each residue type, the controlling criterion leading to the volume increase, the impact of relaxing that criterion on subsequent waste volume, and the means by which rules changes may be implemented. The results of this study have identified the most appropriate changes to be proposed in regulatory requirements in order to minimize the costs of disposing of Rocky Flats residues as transuranic wastes.},
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year = {Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993},
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