WASTE TREATMENT BUILDING SYSTEM DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT

Technical Report · Thu Jun 22 00:00:00 EDT 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/862139· OSTI ID:862139

Habashi, F

The Waste Treatment Building System provides the space, layout, structures, and embedded subsystems that support the processing of low-level liquid and solid radioactive waste generated within the Monitored Geologic Repository (MGR). The activities conducted in the Waste Treatment Building include sorting, volume reduction, and packaging of dry waste, and collecting, processing, solidification, and packaging of liquid waste. The Waste Treatment Building System is located on the surface within the protected area of the MGR. The Waste Treatment Building System helps maintain a suitable environment for the waste processing and protects the systems within the Waste Treatment Building (WTB) from most of the natural and induced environments. The WTB also confines contaminants and provides radiological protection to personnel. In addition to the waste processing operations, the Waste Treatment Building System provides space and layout for staging of packaged waste for shipment, industrial and radiological safety systems, control and monitoring of operations, safeguards and security systems, and fire protection, ventilation and utilities systems. The Waste Treatment Building System also provides the required space and layout for maintenance activities, tool storage, and administrative facilities. The Waste Treatment Building System integrates waste processing systems within its protective structure to support the throughput rates established for the MGR. The Waste Treatment Building System also provides shielding, layout, and other design features to help limit personnel radiation exposures to levels which are as low as is reasonably achievable (ALARA). The Waste Treatment Building System interfaces with the Site Generated Radiological Waste Handling System, and with other MGR systems that support the waste processing operations. The Waste Treatment Building System interfaces with the General Site Transportation System, Site Communications System, Site Water System, MGR Site Layout, Safeguards and Security System, Site Radiological Monitoring System, Site Electrical Power System, Site Compressed Air System, and Waste Treatment Building Ventilation System.

• Research Organization: Office of Scientific and Technical Information (OSTI), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: NA
• OSTI ID: 862139
• Report Number(s): SDD-TBS-SE-000001 REV 01 ICN 01; MOL.20000727.0083 DC#25527; TRN: US0600641
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
24 POWER TRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION
32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
COMPRESSED AIR
DESIGN
LIQUID WASTES
POWER SYSTEMS
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SAFEGUARDS
SECURITY
SHIELDING
SOLIDIFICATION
TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS
VENTILATION SYSTEMS
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES