Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Flammable Gas Analysis (Rev. 0)
This document describes and implements the process to establish the concentration of flammable gas/volatile organic compounds (VOCs), hydrogen, and methane in a waste container intended for shipment in the Transuranic Package Transporter-II (TRUPACT-II) or HalfPACT packagings. An aliquot of headspace gas (HSG) is sampled from a waste container and analyzed using one analytical unit which is a gas chromatograph (GC) with two detectors, a mass spectrometer (MS) and a thermal conductivity detector (TCD). The sample introduced to the GC is split and part goes to MS and the other part goes to TCD. The MS analyzes sample for volatile organic compounds (VOC) and the TCD analyzes for hydrogen and methane. The requirements and technical bases for allowable flammable gas/VOC concentrations are described in the Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste Authorized Methods for Payload Control (CH-TRAMPAC).
- Research Organization:
- Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), Carlsbad, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
- Contributing Organization:
- Washington TRU Solutions LLC, Hanford, WA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC29-01AL66444
- OSTI ID:
- 990191
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/WIPP--06-3345_Rev._0
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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