Restart of the 242-A Evaporator: Effluent retention, treatment, and disposal facilities program plan

Technical Report · Sun Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:6915140

Lini, D C; Forehand, G D; Kelley, D E

Operation of the 242-A Evaporator supports waste management activities including single-shell tank stabilization, grout processing, waste pretreatment before disposal, and production waste storage. In April 1989, the 242-A Evaporator was placed in temporary standby pending resolution of issues on the disposal of potential regulated dangerous wastes that may be in the 242-A effluent. Restart of the evaporator is required by December 1990, to maintain adequate double-shell tank space for storage of new generated wastes. A liquid effluent retention facility will be constructed to store the 242-A process condensate until a treatment and disposal facility is constructed and placed in operation. The liquid effluent retention facility will include basins for storing two effluent streams from the plutonium-uranium extraction operation that will be treated in the same facility before disposal. The liquid effluent retention facility is scheduled to be operational be December 1990, and the treatment and disposal facilities are scheduled to be operational by June 1992. 18 refs., 6 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/EM
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 6915140
• Report Number(s): WHC-EP-0324; ON: DE90008208
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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