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Title: Data Quality Objectives for Tank Farms Waste Compatibility Program

Abstract

There are 177 waste storage tanks containing over 210,000 m{sup 3} (55 million gal) of mixed waste at the Hanford Site. The River Protection Project (RPP) has adopted the data quality objective (DQO) process used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (EPA 1994a) and implemented by RPP internal procedure (Banning 1999a) to identify the information and data needed to address safety issues. This DQO document is based on several documents that provide the technical basis for inputs and decision/action levels used to develop the decision rules that evaluate the transfer of wastes. A number of these documents are presently in the process of being revised. This document will need to be revised if there are changes to the technical criteria in these supporting documents. This DQO process supports various documents, such as sampling and analysis plans and double-shell tank (DST) waste analysis plans. This document identifies the type, quality, and quantity of data needed to determine whether transfer of supernatant can be performed safely. The requirements in this document are designed to prevent the mixing of incompatible waste as defined in Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 173-303-040. Waste transfers which meet the requirements contained in this document and the Double-Shellmore » Tank Waste Analysis Plan (Mulkey 1998) are considered to be compatible, and prevent the mixing of incompatible waste.« less

Authors:
Publication Date:
Research Org.:
LMHC (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (US)
OSTI Identifier:
797555
Report Number(s):
HNF-SD-WM-DQO-001, Rev.3
TRN: US0201960
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-96RL13200
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 2 Jul 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; COMPATIBILITY; SAMPLING; STORAGE FACILITIES; TANKS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; HANFORD RESERVATION; DATA ACQUISITION; QUALITY ASSURANCE

Citation Formats

BANNING, D L. Data Quality Objectives for Tank Farms Waste Compatibility Program. United States: N. p., 1999. Web. doi:10.2172/797555.
BANNING, D L. Data Quality Objectives for Tank Farms Waste Compatibility Program. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/797555
BANNING, D L. 1999. "Data Quality Objectives for Tank Farms Waste Compatibility Program". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/797555. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/797555.
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title = {Data Quality Objectives for Tank Farms Waste Compatibility Program},
author = {BANNING, D L},
abstractNote = {There are 177 waste storage tanks containing over 210,000 m{sup 3} (55 million gal) of mixed waste at the Hanford Site. The River Protection Project (RPP) has adopted the data quality objective (DQO) process used by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) (EPA 1994a) and implemented by RPP internal procedure (Banning 1999a) to identify the information and data needed to address safety issues. This DQO document is based on several documents that provide the technical basis for inputs and decision/action levels used to develop the decision rules that evaluate the transfer of wastes. A number of these documents are presently in the process of being revised. This document will need to be revised if there are changes to the technical criteria in these supporting documents. This DQO process supports various documents, such as sampling and analysis plans and double-shell tank (DST) waste analysis plans. This document identifies the type, quality, and quantity of data needed to determine whether transfer of supernatant can be performed safely. The requirements in this document are designed to prevent the mixing of incompatible waste as defined in Washington Administrative Code (WAC) 173-303-040. Waste transfers which meet the requirements contained in this document and the Double-Shell Tank Waste Analysis Plan (Mulkey 1998) are considered to be compatible, and prevent the mixing of incompatible waste.},
doi = {10.2172/797555},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/797555}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 1999},
month = {Fri Jul 02 00:00:00 EDT 1999}
}