Project plan for resolution of the organic waste tank safety issues at the Hanford Site

Technical Report · Thu Oct 03 00:00:00 EDT 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/326434· OSTI ID:326434

Meacham, J E

A multi-year project plan for the Organic Safety Project has been developed with the objective of resolving the organic safety issues associated with the High Level Waste (HLW) in Hanford`s single-shell tanks (SSTS) and double-shell tanks (DSTs). The objective of the Organic Safety Project is to ensure safe interim storage until retrieval for pretreatment and disposal operations begins, and to resolve the organic safety issues by September 2001. Since the initial identification of organics as a tank waste safety issue, progress has been made in understanding the specific aspects of organic waste combustibility, and in developing and implementing activities to resolve the organic safety issues.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-96RL13200
• OSTI ID: 326434
• Report Number(s): WHC-EP-0914; ON: DE98059046; BR: EW3120071; TRN: 96000993
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 3 Oct 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
TANKS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
EMERGENCY PLANS
SAFETY ANALYSIS
ORGANIC MATTER