Buried-waste integrated demonstration retrieval projects
Prior to 1970, the US Department of Energy`s (DOE`s) primary method for the disposal of transuranic mixed waste was burial in pits and trenches. As an example, between 1952 and 1970, more than 2 million ft{sup 3} of waste was buried at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory`s (INEL`s) Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC). The contaminants at the RWMC include plutonium and americium oxides, chlorides, hydroxides, volatile organics (trichloroethylene, carbon tetrachloride, etc.), and cutting oils. The waste containers are assumed to be severely deteriorated, and the waste is expected to be commingled with {approx} 6 million ft{sup 3} of fill dirt. The buried waste integrated program was designed to remove the waste and remediate the contaminated area. Current activities associated with this program are described.
- OSTI ID:
- 76122
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940602--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society, Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society Vol. 70; ISSN TANSAO; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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