Open AccessTank 19F Folding Crawler Final Evaluation, Rev. 0
Author(s) -
T.A. Nance
Publication year - 2000
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/766286
Subject(s) - radioactive waste , waste management , savannah river site , plutonium , environmental science , spent nuclear fuel , high level waste , engineering , radiochemistry , chemistry
The Department of Energy (DOE) is committed to removing millions of gallons of high-level radioactive waste from 51 underground waste storage tanks at the Savannah River Site (SRS). The primary radioactive waste constituents are strontium, plutonium,and cesium. It is recognized that the continued storage of this waste is a risk to the public, workers, and the environment. SRS was the first site in the DOE complex to have emptied and operationally closed a high-level radioactive waste tank. The task of emptying and closing the rest of the tanks will be completed by FY28