Vitrification and Privatization Success
The Westinghouse Savannah River Co. (WSRC) recently completed the most successful privatization of treatment of hazardous/radioactive (mixed) waste at a Department of Energy (DOE) facility. WSRC contracted a private subcontractor, GTS Duratek, Columbia, MD to vitrify approximately 670,000 gallons of mixed waste. The subcontract was a fixed unit price contract, awarded in 1993, with a total value of $13.9 million. The majority of waste was a nickel plating line sludge with depleted uranium. Other mixed waste streams included a slightly enriched (1.1 percent U-235) F-006 filtercake, a fully enriched uranium laboratory solution (D-007), and contaminated soils. One waste stream successfully treated was a soil with tritium and low concentrations of dioxins (F-027, D-016, and D-017).
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-96SR18500
- OSTI ID:
- 763270
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-MS-2000-00305/Rev.1; TRN: US0004673
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: American Ceramic Society's 102nd Annual Meeting, St. Louis, MO (US), 03/30/2000--04/04/2000; Other Information: PBD: 21 Sep 2000
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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