Legacy Nonconformance Issue in Solid Waste Disposal

Technical Report · Mon Dec 16 00:00:00 EST 2002

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/820844· OSTI ID:820844

Rogers, C. A. ^[1]

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1. Hanford Site (HNF), Richland, WA (United States)

Beginning in 1968 waste from sectioning, sampling, and assaying of reactor fuels was sent to underground burial caissons in the 200-W Area of the Hanford Plant in Richland, Washington. In 2002 a review of inventory records revealed that criticality safety storage limits had been exceeded. This prompted declaration of a Criticality Prevention Specification nonconformance. The corrective action illustrates the difficulties in demonstrating compliance to fissile material limits decades after waste disposal.

• Research Organization: Hanford Site (HNF), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-96RL13200
• OSTI ID: 820844
• Report Number(s): HNF-13937-FP, Rev.0; TRN: US0400628
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 16 Dec 2002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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