Open AccessPre-1970 transuranic solid waste at the Hanford Site
Author(s) -
W.O. Greenhalgh
Publication year - 1995
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/88842
Subject(s) - transuranium element , nuclide , hanford site , radioactive waste , environmental science , waste management , municipal solid waste , plutonium , radiochemistry , chemistry , engineering , nuclear physics , physics
The document is based on a search of pre-1970 Hanford Solid Waste Records. The available data indicates seven out of thirty-one solid waste burial sites used for pre-1970 waste appear to be Transuranic (TRU). A burial site defined to be TRU contains >100 nCi/gm Transuranic nuclides