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Technology Successes in Hanford Tank Waste Storage and Retrieval.

DE2003807656

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Cruz, E. J.
Page Count	24
Abstract	The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of River Protection (OM) is leading the River Protection Project (RPP), which is responsible for dispositioning approximately 204,000 cubic meters (54 million gallons) of high-level radioactive waste that has accumulated in 177 large underground tanks at the Hanford Site since 1944. The RPP is comprised of five major elements: storage of the waste, retrieval of the waste from the tanks, treatment of the waste, disposal of treated waste, and closure of the tank facilities. Approximately 3785 cubic meters (1 million gallons) of waste have leaked from the older single-shell tanks. Sixty-seven of the 147 single shell tanks are known or assumed leakers. These leaks have resulted in contaminant plumes that extend from the tank to the groundwater in a number of tank farms. Retrieval and closure of the leaking tanks complicates the ORP technical challenge because cleanup decisions must consider the impacts of past leaks along with a strategy for retrieving the waste in the tanks.
Keywords	Hanford reservation Radioactive waste storage Storage tanks Leaks Storage Retrieval US DOE High level radioactive wastes Inventories Single shell tanks Double shell tanks
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Department of Energy, Richland, WA. Office of River Protection.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Assistant Secretary for
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200320

Technology Successes in Hanford Tank Waste Storage and Retrieval.

Technology Successes in Hanford Tank Waste Storage and Retrieval.
DE2003807656

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Cruz, E. J.
Page Count	24
Abstract	The U. S. Department of Energy (DOE), Office of River Protection (OM) is leading the River Protection Project (RPP), which is responsible for dispositioning approximately 204,000 cubic meters (54 million gallons) of high-level radioactive waste that has accumulated in 177 large underground tanks at the Hanford Site since 1944. The RPP is comprised of five major elements: storage of the waste, retrieval of the waste from the tanks, treatment of the waste, disposal of treated waste, and closure of the tank facilities. Approximately 3785 cubic meters (1 million gallons) of waste have leaked from the older single-shell tanks. Sixty-seven of the 147 single shell tanks are known or assumed leakers. These leaks have resulted in contaminant plumes that extend from the tank to the groundwater in a number of tank farms. Retrieval and closure of the leaking tanks complicates the ORP technical challenge because cleanup decisions must consider the impacts of past leaks along with a strategy for retrieving the waste in the tanks.
Keywords	Hanford reservation Radioactive waste storage Storage tanks Leaks Storage Retrieval US DOE High level radioactive wastes Inventories Single shell tanks Double shell tanks
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Department of Energy, Richland, WA. Office of River Protection.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Assistant Secretary for
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC. Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200320