Open AccessMonthly report of radioactive waste management activities: August 1976
Publication year - 1976
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/266614
Subject(s) - incineration , radioactive waste , fossil fuel , waste management , environmental science , boiler (water heating) , nuclear power , unit (ring theory) , engineering , mathematics , nuclear physics , physics , mathematics education
This monthly report describes current activities related to shipments of TRU waste to the INEL retrievable storage pad, shipments of low-level waste to the burial grounds at Barnwell, South Carolina, and tritiated waste to the Nevada Test Site. Activities also included on-site transfer of low-level beta waste water for solidification and additional runs with the cyclone incinerator to evaluate the effectiveness of the venturi scrubber to remove particulates from the off gas. A table is included to show inventories of the various waste streams and their shipments