RCRA closure of land-based units at the Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant
Eight land-based hazardous waste management units at the Oak ridge Y-12 Plant are being closed. Closure plans for the units have been submitted and approved by regulatory authorities. Closure methods include liquid removal and treatment, sludge stabilization, contaminated sludge and/or soil removal, and capping. Closure is funded by the US Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Restoration Budget Category (ERBC). A major project has been identified for ERBC funding to close and remediate the land units in accordance with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) requirements. Hazardous wastes of various types are generated at Y-12 as part of plant production processes. These wastes have been stored, treated, and disposed of on the Y-12 site and include container and tank storage areas, wastewater treatment plants, landfills, land treatment units, and surface impoundments. Of these units, some are to be closed rather than allowed to operate with a permit. This paper focuses on two of the eight land units, the S-3 ponds, the New Hope pond (NHP), which have been closed under RCRA. Initiation of closure of all these units by November 1988 was required by statute.
- OSTI ID:
- 7098193
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-901101-; CODEN: TANSAO
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Vol. 62; Conference: American Nuclear Society (ANS) winter meeting, Washington, DC (United States), 11-16 Nov 1990; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
SETTLING PONDS
REMEDIAL ACTION
Y-12 PLANT
AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS
BIOCONVERSION
COMPLIANCE
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
FINANCING
INORGANIC ACIDS
LINERS
LIQUID WASTES
MANHATTAN PROJECT
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PERMEABILITY
RESOURCE RECOVERY ACTS
SLUDGES
TECHNETIUM
TRANSURANIUM COMPOUNDS
URANIUM NITRATES
US DOE
VOLUME
WASTE WATER
ACTINIDE COMPOUNDS
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
MIXTURES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NITRATES
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PONDS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
SOLUTIONS
SURFACE WATERS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
URANIUM COMPOUNDS
US AEC
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
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