Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Flammable Gas Analysis (Rev. 3.1)
This document describes and implements the process to determine 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), HalfPACT, or RH-TRU 72-B packagings. An aliquot of headspace gas (HSG) is sampled from a waste container and analyzed using a gas chromatograph (GC) with two detectors: a mass spectrometer (MS), and a thermal conductivity detector (TCD). The sample analyzed in the GC is split and half is sent to the MS for volatile organic compound (VOC) analysis while the other half is sent to the TCD for hydrogen and methane analysis. 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) and the Remote-Handled Transuranic Waste Authorized Methods for Payload Control (RHTRAMPAC).
- 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, Carlsbad, NM (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC29-01AL66444
- OSTI ID:
- 991038
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/WIPP--06-3345,_Rev._3.1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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