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Adequacy of a Small Quantity Stie RH-Tru Waste Program in Meeting Proposed WIPP Characterization Objectives.

DE2005833797

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Biedscheid, J.; Stahl, S.; Devarakonda, M.; Peters, K.
Page Count	22
Abstract	The first remote-handled transuranic (RH-TRU) waste is expected to be permanently disposed of at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) during Fiscal Year (FY) 2003. The first RH-TRU waste shipments are scheduled from the Battelle Columbus Laboratories (BCL) to WIPP in order to facilitate compliance with BCL Decommissioning Project (BCLDP) milestones. Milestones requiring RH-TRU waste containerization and removal from the site by 2004 in order to meet a 2006 site closure goal, established by Congress in the Defense Facilities Closure Projects account, necessitated the establishment and implementation of a site-specific program to direct the packaging of BCLDP RH-TRU waste prior to the finalization of WIPP RH-TRU waste characterization requirements. The program was designed to collect waste data, including audio and videotape records of waste packaging, such that upon completion of waste packaging, comprehensive data records exist from which compliance with final WIPP RH-TRU waste characterization requirements can be demonstrated. With the BCLDP data records generated to date and the development by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) of preliminary documents proposing the WIPP RH-TRU waste characterization program, it is possible to evaluate the adequacy of the BCLDP program with respect to meeting proposed characterization objectives. The BCLDP characterization program uses primarily acceptable knowledge (AK) and visual examination (VE) during waste packaging to characterize RH-TRU waste.
Keywords	Radioactive waste management Closures Compliance Computers Containers Decommissioning Design Implementation Packaging Plastics Removal Remote handled transuranic wastes Waste Isolation Pilot Plant(WIPP)
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Hughes Aircraft Co., Albuquerque, NM.; Battelle Columbus Labs., OH.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Wastren, Inc., Westminister, CO.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Wastren, Inc., Westminister, CO. and Battelle Columbus Labs., OH. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200518

Adequacy of a Small Quantity Stie RH-Tru Waste Program in Meeting Proposed WIPP Characterization Objectives.

Adequacy of a Small Quantity Stie RH-Tru Waste Program in Meeting Proposed WIPP Characterization Objectives.
DE2005833797

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Biedscheid, J.; Stahl, S.; Devarakonda, M.; Peters, K.
Page Count	22
Abstract	The first remote-handled transuranic (RH-TRU) waste is expected to be permanently disposed of at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) during Fiscal Year (FY) 2003. The first RH-TRU waste shipments are scheduled from the Battelle Columbus Laboratories (BCL) to WIPP in order to facilitate compliance with BCL Decommissioning Project (BCLDP) milestones. Milestones requiring RH-TRU waste containerization and removal from the site by 2004 in order to meet a 2006 site closure goal, established by Congress in the Defense Facilities Closure Projects account, necessitated the establishment and implementation of a site-specific program to direct the packaging of BCLDP RH-TRU waste prior to the finalization of WIPP RH-TRU waste characterization requirements. The program was designed to collect waste data, including audio and videotape records of waste packaging, such that upon completion of waste packaging, comprehensive data records exist from which compliance with final WIPP RH-TRU waste characterization requirements can be demonstrated. With the BCLDP data records generated to date and the development by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE)-Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) of preliminary documents proposing the WIPP RH-TRU waste characterization program, it is possible to evaluate the adequacy of the BCLDP program with respect to meeting proposed characterization objectives. The BCLDP characterization program uses primarily acceptable knowledge (AK) and visual examination (VE) during waste packaging to characterize RH-TRU waste.
Keywords	Radioactive waste management Closures Compliance Computers Containers Decommissioning Design Implementation Packaging Plastics Removal Remote handled transuranic wastes Waste Isolation Pilot Plant(WIPP)
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Hughes Aircraft Co., Albuquerque, NM.; Battelle Columbus Labs., OH.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Wastren, Inc., Westminister, CO.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Wastren, Inc., Westminister, CO. and Battelle Columbus Labs., OH. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200518