scholarly journals Test Plan for Field Experiments to Support the Immobilized Low-Activity Waste Disposal Performance Assessment at the Hanford Site

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philip D Meyer ◽  
Bernard P McGrail ◽  
Diana H Bacon
Keyword(s):  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Field Experiments ◽  
Test Plan ◽  
Hanford Site ◽  
Low Activity

Immobilized Low-Activity Waste Performance Assessment:2001 Version

2002 ◽  
Vol 713 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick M. Manna ◽  
Raymond J. Puighb ◽  
S.H. Finfrockb ◽  
R. Khaleelb ◽  
D.H. Baconc ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Performance Assessment ◽  
Department Of Energy ◽  
Nuclear Materials ◽  
Hanford Site ◽  
Sensitivity Studies ◽  
High Level ◽  
Human Health Effects ◽  
Low Activity ◽  
Tank Waste

ABSTRACTThe Hanford Immobilized Low-Activity Waste Performance Assessment[1] examines the longterm environmental and human health effects associated with the planned disposal of the vitrified low-activity fraction of waste presently contained in Hanford Site tanks. The tank waste is the byproduct of separating special nuclear materials from irradiated nuclear fuels over the past 50 years. This waste is stored in underground single- and double-shell tanks. The tank waste is to be retrieved, separated into low-activity and high-level fractions, and then immobilized by vitrification. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans to dispose of the low-activity fraction in the Hanford Site 200 East Area. The high-level fraction will be stored at the Hanford Site until a national repository is approved.This report provides the site-specific long-term environmental information needed by the DOE to modify the current Disposal Authorization Statement for the Hanford Site[2]. The original Disposition Authorization Statement was based on the 1998 version[3] of this performance assessment, which was conditionally accepted by DOE [4].The calculations in this performance assessment show that a “reasonable expectation” exists that the disposal of the immobilized low-level fraction of tank waste from the Hanford Site can meet environmental and health performance objectives. As shown by the sensitivity studies, this conclusion remains valid despite the conceptual designs of the disposal facility and the ILAW packaging having undergone changes.

scholarly journals Addendum to Composite Analysis for Low-Level Waste Disposal in the 200 Area Plateau of the Hanford Site

2001 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marcel P. Bergeron ◽  
Eugene J. Freeman ◽  
Signe K. Wurstner ◽  
Charles T. Kincaid ◽  
Mike M. Coony ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Waste Disposal ◽  
Composite Analysis ◽  
Hanford Site ◽  
Low Level
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