Fifty-Five Gallon Drum Standard Study
- Fluor Government Group, Richland, WA (United States)
- TRS Staffing Solutions, Inc., Richland, WA (United States)
Fifty-five gallon drums are routinely used within the U.S. for the storage and eventual disposal of fissionable materials as Transuranic or low-level waste. To support these operations, criticality safety evaluations are required. A questionnaire was developed and sent to selected Endusers at Hanford, Idaho National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Oak Ridge and the Savannah River Site to solicit current practices. This questionnaire was used to gather information on the kinds of fissionable materials packaged into drums, the models used in performing criticality safety evaluations in support of operations involving these drums, and the limits and controls established for the handling and storage of these drums. The completed questionnaires were reviewed and clarifications solicited through individual communications with each Enduser to obtain more complete and consistent responses. All five sites have similar drum operations involving thousands to tens of thousands of fissionable material waste drums. The primary sources for these drums are legacy (prior operations) and decontamination and decommissioning wastes at all sites except Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. The results from this survey and our review are discussed in this paper.
- Research Organization:
- Hanford Site (HNF), Richland, WA (United States); Fluor Government Group, Richland, WA (United States); TRS Staffing Solutions, Inc., Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-08RL14788
- OSTI ID:
- 952597
- Report Number(s):
- CHPRC-00198-FP Rev 0; TRN: US0902549
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Nuclear Criticality Safety Division Topical Meeting Nuclear Criticality Safety Program , Richland, WA (United States), 13-17 Sep 2009
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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96 KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND PRESERVATION
COMMUNICATIONS
CRITICALITY
DECOMMISSIONING
DECONTAMINATION
FISSIONABLE MATERIALS
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
SAFETY
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
STORAGE
WASTES
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Survey Results
Fissionable Materials