Open AccessSite characterization summary report for the Old Hydrofracture Facility, Waste Area Grouping 5, at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/268388
Subject(s) - grout , slurry , oak ridge national laboratory , waste management , environmental science , ridge , hanford site , petroleum engineering , radioactive waste , geology , environmental engineering , geotechnical engineering , engineering , nuclear physics , paleontology , physics
This site characterization summary report summarizes the operational history and other information on the Old Hydrofracture Facility located in the Waste Area Grouping 5 at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The Old Hydrofracture Facility was a waste disposal facility that operated from the 1960s until 1979. Intermediate-level radioactive waste was mixed with grout and injected deep underground for permanent disposal. Facilities at the site include various buildings, pipes, waste pits, and five underground storage tanks that contain liquid and sludge that have been characterized as low-level, hazardous, and mixed wastes