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Title: Contaminant Release Data Package for Residual Waste in Single-Shell Hanford Tanks

Abstract

The Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order requires that a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facility Investigation report be submitted to the Washington State Department of Ecology. The RCRA Facility Investigation report will provide a detailed description of the state of knowledge needed for tank farm performance assessments. This data package provides detailed technical information about contaminant release from closed single-shell tanks necessary to support the RCRA Facility Investigation report. It was prepared by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for CH2M HILL Hanford Group, Inc., which is tasked by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) with tank closure. This data package is a compilation of contaminant release rate data for residual waste in the four Hanford single-shell tanks (SSTs) that have been tested (C-103, C-106, C-202, and C-203). The report describes the geochemical properties of the primary contaminants of interest from the perspective of long-term risk to groundwater (uranium, technetium-99, iodine-129, chromium, transuranics, and nitrate), the occurrence of these contaminants in the residual waste, release mechanisms from the solid waste to water infiltrating the tanks in the future, and the laboratory tests conducted to measure release rates.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
921261
Report Number(s):
PNNL-16748
830403000; TRN: US0800941
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; HANFORD RESERVATION; STORAGE FACILITIES; RESIDUES; EMISSION; GEOCHEMISTRY; URANIUM; TECHNETIUM 99; IODINE 129; CHROMIUM; ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; NITRATES; WATER INFLUX

Citation Formats

Deutsch, William J, Cantrell, Kirk J, and Krupka, Kenneth M. Contaminant Release Data Package for Residual Waste in Single-Shell Hanford Tanks. United States: N. p., 2007. Web. doi:10.2172/921261.
Deutsch, William J, Cantrell, Kirk J, & Krupka, Kenneth M. Contaminant Release Data Package for Residual Waste in Single-Shell Hanford Tanks. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/921261
Deutsch, William J, Cantrell, Kirk J, and Krupka, Kenneth M. 2007. "Contaminant Release Data Package for Residual Waste in Single-Shell Hanford Tanks". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/921261. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/921261.
@article{osti_921261,
title = {Contaminant Release Data Package for Residual Waste in Single-Shell Hanford Tanks},
author = {Deutsch, William J and Cantrell, Kirk J and Krupka, Kenneth M},
abstractNote = {The Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order requires that a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Facility Investigation report be submitted to the Washington State Department of Ecology. The RCRA Facility Investigation report will provide a detailed description of the state of knowledge needed for tank farm performance assessments. This data package provides detailed technical information about contaminant release from closed single-shell tanks necessary to support the RCRA Facility Investigation report. It was prepared by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) for CH2M HILL Hanford Group, Inc., which is tasked by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) with tank closure. This data package is a compilation of contaminant release rate data for residual waste in the four Hanford single-shell tanks (SSTs) that have been tested (C-103, C-106, C-202, and C-203). The report describes the geochemical properties of the primary contaminants of interest from the perspective of long-term risk to groundwater (uranium, technetium-99, iodine-129, chromium, transuranics, and nitrate), the occurrence of these contaminants in the residual waste, release mechanisms from the solid waste to water infiltrating the tanks in the future, and the laboratory tests conducted to measure release rates.},
doi = {10.2172/921261},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/921261}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2007},
month = {Sat Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 2007}
}