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Retrieving Suspect Transuranic Waste from the Hanford Burial Grounds-Progress Plans and Challenges.

DE2006875912

Publication Date	2006
Personal Author	French, M. S.; McKenney, D. E.; Greenwell, R. D.
Page Count	20
Abstract	This paper describes the scope and status of the program for retrieval of suspect transuranic (TRU) waste storage in the Hanford Site low-level burial grounds. Beginning in 1970 and continuing until the late 1980's, waste suspected of containing significant quantities of transuranic isotopes was placed in 'retrievable' storage in designated modules in the Hanford burial grounds, with the intent that the waste would be retrieved when a national repository for disposal of such waste became operational. Approximately 15,000 cubic meters of waste, suspected of being TRU, was placed in storage modules in four burial grounds. With the availability of the national repository (the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant), retrieval of the suspect TRU waste is now underway. Retrieval efforts, to date, have been conducted in storage modules that contain waste, which is in general, contact-handled, relatively new (1980's and later), is stacked in neat, engineered configurations, and has a relatively good record of waste characteristics. Even with these optimum conditions, retrieval personnel have had to deal with a large number of structurally degraded containers, radioactive contamination issues, and industrial hazards (including organic vapors). Future retrieval efforts in older, less engineered modules are expected to present additional hazards and difficult challenges.
Keywords	Alpha-bearing wastes Waste management Hanford Reservation Containers Radioactive waste storage
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Department of Energy, Richland, WA. Richland Operations Office.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Fluor Hanford, Richland, WA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Fluor Hanford, Richland, WA. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200620

Retrieving Suspect Transuranic Waste from the Hanford Burial Grounds-Progress Plans and Challenges.

Retrieving Suspect Transuranic Waste from the Hanford Burial Grounds-Progress Plans and Challenges.
DE2006875912

Publication Date	2006
Personal Author	French, M. S.; McKenney, D. E.; Greenwell, R. D.
Page Count	20
Abstract	This paper describes the scope and status of the program for retrieval of suspect transuranic (TRU) waste storage in the Hanford Site low-level burial grounds. Beginning in 1970 and continuing until the late 1980's, waste suspected of containing significant quantities of transuranic isotopes was placed in 'retrievable' storage in designated modules in the Hanford burial grounds, with the intent that the waste would be retrieved when a national repository for disposal of such waste became operational. Approximately 15,000 cubic meters of waste, suspected of being TRU, was placed in storage modules in four burial grounds. With the availability of the national repository (the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant), retrieval of the suspect TRU waste is now underway. Retrieval efforts, to date, have been conducted in storage modules that contain waste, which is in general, contact-handled, relatively new (1980's and later), is stacked in neat, engineered configurations, and has a relatively good record of waste characteristics. Even with these optimum conditions, retrieval personnel have had to deal with a large number of structurally degraded containers, radioactive contamination issues, and industrial hazards (including organic vapors). Future retrieval efforts in older, less engineered modules are expected to present additional hazards and difficult challenges.
Keywords	Alpha-bearing wastes Waste management Hanford Reservation Containers Radioactive waste storage
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Department of Energy, Richland, WA. Richland Operations Office.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Fluor Hanford, Richland, WA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Fluor Hanford, Richland, WA. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200620