PUREX Storage Tunnels dangerous waste permit application

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6553689· OSTI ID:6553689

The Hanford Site is operated by the US Department of Energy-Richland Operations Office. The PUREX Storage Tunnels are a storage unit located on the Hanford Site. The unit consists of two earth-covered railroad tunnels that are used for storage of process equipment (some containing dangerous waste) removed from the PUREX Plant. Radioactively contaminated equipment is loaded on railroad cars and remotely transferred into the tunnels for long-term storage. Westinghouse Hanford Company is a major contractor to the US Department of Energy-Richland Operations Office and serves as a co-operator of the PUREX Storage Tunnels, the waste management unit addressed by this permit application. The PUREX Storage Tunnels Dangerous Waste Permit Application (Revision O) consists of both a Part A and Part B permit application and is based on information available as of August 31, 1990. An explanation of the Part A revision submitted with this document is provided at the beginning of the Part A section. In this Part A revision, the PUREX Storage Tunnels have been redesignated as a miscellaneous unit. The Part B consists of 15 chapters addressing the organization and content of the Part B checklist prepared by the Washington State Department of Ecology.

• Research Organization: USDOE Richland Operations Office, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/NE
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 6553689
• Report Number(s): DOE/RL-90-24-Vol.1; ON: DE91000563
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
HANFORD RESERVATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
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RADIOACTIVE WASTES
PERMIT APPLICATIONS
CONTAMINATION
EQUIPMENT
GROUND WATER
MAPS
MONITORING
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HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
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STORAGE
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
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