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Vitrification and Privatization Success

Conference ·
OSTI ID:763270
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 (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-96SR18500
OSTI ID:
763270
Report Number(s):
WSRC-MS-2000-00305/Rev.1
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English