Open AccessTank characterization report for single-shell tank 241-C-109
Author(s) -
Alba DiCenso,
Letizia Amato,
Roger Lambie,
J.D. Franklin,
B.J. Seymour,
K.W. Johnson,
Robert Stevens,
K.M. Remund,
L.M. Sasaki,
B.C. Simpson
Publication year - 1995
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/35390
Subject(s) - waste management , hanford site , radioactive waste , environmental science , mixed waste , underground storage tank , strontium , storage tank , chemistry , engineering , organic chemistry
This document provides the characterization information and interprets the data for Single-Shell Tank 241-C-109. Single-Shell Tank 241-C-109 is an underground storage tank containing high-level radioactive waste. It is located in the C Tank Farm in the Hanford Site`s 200 East Area. The tank was sampled in September of 1992 to address the Ferrocyanide Unreviewed Safety Question. Analyses of tank waste were also performed to support Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order Milestone M-44-08. Tank 241-C-109 went into service in 1946 and received first-cycle decontamination waste from bismuth phosphate process operations at B Plant in 1948. Other waste types added that are expected to contribute to the current contents include ferrocyanide scavenging waste and Strontium Semiworks waste. It is the last tank in a cascade with Tanks 241-C-107 and 241-C-108. The tank has a capacity of 2,010 kL (530 kgal) and currently contains 250 kL (66 kgal) of waste, existing primarily of sludge. Approximately 9.15 kL (4 kgal) of supernate remain. The sludge is heterogeneous, with significantly different chemical compositions depending on waste depth. The major waste constituents include aluminum, calcium, iron, nickel, nitrate, nitrite, phosphate, sodium, sulfate and uranium. The major radionuclides present are Cesium 137 and Strontium 90. The results of this characterization indicate that the waste in this tank is adequately described in the Dangerous Waste Permit Application of the Single-Shell Tank System