The Performance of Underground Radioactive Waste Storage Tanks at the Savannah River Site: A 60-Year Historical Perspective
Abstract
The Savannah River Site produced weapons-grade materials for nearly 35 years between 1953 and 1988. The legacy of this production is nearly 37 million gallons of radioactive waste. Since the 1950s, the liquid waste has been stored in large, underground carbon steel waste tanks. During the past 20 years, the site has begun to process the waste so that it may be stored in vitrified and grout forms, which are more suitable for long-term storage. Over the history of the site, some tanks have experienced leakage of the waste to the secondary containment. This article is a review of the instances of leakage and corrosion degradation that the tanks and associated equipment have experienced since the first tanks were built. Furthermore, the activities that the site has taken to mitigate the degradation and manage the service life of the tank for its anticipated lifetime are reviewed.
- Authors:
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- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1169579
- Report Number(s):
- SRNL/STI-2013-00721
Journal ID: ISSN 1047-4838
- Grant/Contract Number:
- AC09-08SR22470
- Resource Type:
- Accepted Manuscript
- Journal Name:
- Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society
- Additional Journal Information:
- Journal Volume: 66; Journal Issue: 3; Journal ID: ISSN 1047-4838
- Publisher:
- Springer
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 36 MATERIALS SCIENCE; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; Savannah River Site (SRS); radioactive waste; Actinide Removal Process (ARP); Modular Caustic Side Solvent Extraction Unit (MCU)
Citation Formats
Wiersma, Bruce J. The Performance of Underground Radioactive Waste Storage Tanks at the Savannah River Site: A 60-Year Historical Perspective. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web. doi:10.1007/s11837-014-0870-x.
Wiersma, Bruce J. The Performance of Underground Radioactive Waste Storage Tanks at the Savannah River Site: A 60-Year Historical Perspective. United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-014-0870-x
Wiersma, Bruce J. Sat .
"The Performance of Underground Radioactive Waste Storage Tanks at the Savannah River Site: A 60-Year Historical Perspective". United States. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11837-014-0870-x. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1169579.
@article{osti_1169579,
title = {The Performance of Underground Radioactive Waste Storage Tanks at the Savannah River Site: A 60-Year Historical Perspective},
author = {Wiersma, Bruce J.},
abstractNote = {The Savannah River Site produced weapons-grade materials for nearly 35 years between 1953 and 1988. The legacy of this production is nearly 37 million gallons of radioactive waste. Since the 1950s, the liquid waste has been stored in large, underground carbon steel waste tanks. During the past 20 years, the site has begun to process the waste so that it may be stored in vitrified and grout forms, which are more suitable for long-term storage. Over the history of the site, some tanks have experienced leakage of the waste to the secondary containment. This article is a review of the instances of leakage and corrosion degradation that the tanks and associated equipment have experienced since the first tanks were built. Furthermore, the activities that the site has taken to mitigate the degradation and manage the service life of the tank for its anticipated lifetime are reviewed.},
doi = {10.1007/s11837-014-0870-x},
journal = {Journal of The Minerals, Metals & Materials Society},
number = 3,
volume = 66,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2014},
month = {Sat Feb 08 00:00:00 EST 2014}
}
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