Technical basis for classification of low-activity waste fraction from Hanford site tanks

Technical Report · Wed Jul 17 00:00:00 EDT 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/657699· OSTI ID:657699

Petersen, C.A., Westinghouse Hanford

The overall objective of this report is to provide a technical basis to support a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission determination to classify the low-activity waste from the Hanford Site single-shell and double-shell tanks as `incidental` wastes after removal of additional radionuclides and immobilization.The proposed processing method, in addition to the previous radionuclide removal efforts, will remove the largest practical amount of total site radioactivity, attributable to high-level wastes, for disposal in a deep geologic repository. The remainder of the waste would be considered `incidental` waste and could be disposed onsite.

• 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: 657699
• Report Number(s): WHC-SD-WM-TI-699-Rev.1; ON: DE98057648; BR: EW3130010; TRN: 96000642
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 17 Jul 1996
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
CLASSIFICATION
US NRC
HANFORD RESERVATION
TANKS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL