Open AccessMelton Valley Storage Tanks Capacity Increase Project, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Publication year - 1995
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/219098
Subject(s) - remedial action , demolition , oak ridge national laboratory , excavation , environmental remediation , radioactive waste , waste management , environmental science , trench , ridge , engineering , geotechnical engineering , geology , contamination , civil engineering , paleontology , physics , nuclear physics , ecology , chemistry , organic chemistry , layer (electronics) , biology
The US Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to construct and maintain additional storage capacity at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, Tennessee, for liquid low-level radioactive waste (LLLW). New capacity would be provided by a facility partitioned into six individual tank vaults containing one 100,000 gallon LLLW storage tank each. The storage tanks would be located within the existing Melton Valley Storage Tank (MVST) facility. This action would require the extension of a potable water line approximately one mile from the High Flux Isotope Reactor (HFIR) area to the proposed site to provide the necessary potable water for the facility including fire protection. Alternatives considered include no-action, cease generation, storage at other ORR storage facilities, source treatment, pretreatment, and storage at other DOE facilities