Open AccessTechnical basis for classification of low-activity waste fraction from Hanford site tanks
Author(s) -
Claus Petersen
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/657699
Subject(s) - dispose pattern , radioactive waste , waste management , fraction (chemistry) , license , environmental science , high level waste , hanford site , hazardous waste , municipal solid waste , engineering , law , chemistry , organic chemistry , political science
The overall objective of this report is to provide a technical basis to support a U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission determination to classify the low-activity waste from the Hanford Site single-shell and double-shell tanks as `incidental` wastes after removal of additional radionuclides and immobilization.The proposed processing method, in addition to the previous radionuclide removal efforts, will remove the largest practical amount of total site radioactivity, attributable to high-level wastes, for disposal in a deep geologic repository. The remainder of the waste would be considered `incidental` waste and could be disposed onsite