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Title: Characterization Program Management Plan for Hanford K Basin Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) (OCRWM)

Abstract

The management plan developed to characterize the K Basin spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and sludge was originally developed for Westinghouse Hanford Company and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to work together on a program to provide characterization data to support removal, conditioning, and subsequent dry storage of the SNF stored at the Hanford K Basins. The plan also addressed necessary characterization for the removal, transport, and storage of the sludge from the Hanford K Basins. This plan was revised in 1999 (i.e., Revision 2) to incorporate actions necessary to respond to the deficiencies revealed as the result of Quality Assurance surveillances and audits in 1999 with respect to the fuel characterization activities. Revision 3 to this Program Management Plan responds to a Worker Assessment resolution determined in Fical Year 2000. This revision includes an update to current organizational structures and other revisions needed to keep this management plan consistent with the current project scope. The plan continues to address both the SNF and the sludge accumulated at K Basins. Most activities for the characterization of the SNF have been completed. Data validation, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) document reviews, and OCRWM data qualification are the remaining SNF characterization activities.more » The transport and storage of K Basin sludge are affected by recent path forward revisions. These revisions require additional laboratory analyses of the sludge to complete the acquisition of required supporting engineering data. Hence, this revision of the management plan provides the overall work control for these remaining SNF and sludge characterization activities given the current organizational structure of the SNF Project.« less

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Research Org.:
FH (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
OSTI Identifier:
805656
Report Number(s):
HNF-SD-SNF-PLN-010, Rev.3
ECN-662261; TRN: US0301231
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-96RL13200
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 12 Dec 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; AUDITS; DRY STORAGE; MANAGEMENT; NUCLEAR FUELS; PROGRAM MANAGEMENT; QUALITY ASSURANCE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; REMOVAL; RESOLUTION; SLUDGES; STORAGE; TRANSPORT; VERIFICATION; SPENT FUELS

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BAKER, R.B., and TRIMBLE, D.J. Characterization Program Management Plan for Hanford K Basin Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) (OCRWM). United States: N. p., 2000. Web. doi:10.2172/805656.
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BAKER, R.B., & TRIMBLE, D.J. Characterization Program Management Plan for Hanford K Basin Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) (OCRWM). United States. doi:10.2172/805656.
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BAKER, R.B., and TRIMBLE, D.J. Tue . "Characterization Program Management Plan for Hanford K Basin Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) (OCRWM)". United States. doi:10.2172/805656. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/805656.
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title = {Characterization Program Management Plan for Hanford K Basin Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) (OCRWM)},
author = {BAKER, R.B. and TRIMBLE, D.J.},
abstractNote = {The management plan developed to characterize the K Basin spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and sludge was originally developed for Westinghouse Hanford Company and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to work together on a program to provide characterization data to support removal, conditioning, and subsequent dry storage of the SNF stored at the Hanford K Basins. The plan also addressed necessary characterization for the removal, transport, and storage of the sludge from the Hanford K Basins. This plan was revised in 1999 (i.e., Revision 2) to incorporate actions necessary to respond to the deficiencies revealed as the result of Quality Assurance surveillances and audits in 1999 with respect to the fuel characterization activities. Revision 3 to this Program Management Plan responds to a Worker Assessment resolution determined in Fical Year 2000. This revision includes an update to current organizational structures and other revisions needed to keep this management plan consistent with the current project scope. The plan continues to address both the SNF and the sludge accumulated at K Basins. Most activities for the characterization of the SNF have been completed. Data validation, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) document reviews, and OCRWM data qualification are the remaining SNF characterization activities. The transport and storage of K Basin sludge are affected by recent path forward revisions. These revisions require additional laboratory analyses of the sludge to complete the acquisition of required supporting engineering data. Hence, this revision of the management plan provides the overall work control for these remaining SNF and sludge characterization activities given the current organizational structure of the SNF Project.},
doi = {10.2172/805656},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2000},
month = {Tue Dec 12 00:00:00 EST 2000}
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