Conceptual Design Report: Nevada Test Site Mixed Waste Disposal Facility Project

NSTec Environmental Management

关键词: CAPACITY;    DESIGN;    ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT STATEMENTS;    ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION;    MANAGEMENT;    MANUFACTURING;    NEVADA TEST SITE;    NUCLEAR WEAPONS;    RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT;    RADIOACTIVE WASTES;    RESOURCE CONSERVATION;    SAFETY REPORTS;    WASTE DISPOSAL;    WASTE MANAGEMENT;    WASTES Nevada Test Site;    conceptual design;    Mixed Waste Disposal;   

DOI  :  10.2172/946841
RP-ID  :  DOE/NV/25946--637
PID  :  OSTI ID: 946841
Others  :  TRN: US0901867

学科分类：核能源与工程

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来源: SciTech Connect

【 摘 要 】

Environmental cleanup of contaminated nuclear weapons manufacturing and test sites generates radioactive waste that must be disposed. Site cleanup activities throughout the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) complex are projected to continue through 2050. Some of this waste is mixed waste (MW), containing both hazardous and radioactive components. In addition, there is a need for MW disposal from other mission activities. The Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement Record of Decision designates the Nevada Test Site (NTS) as a regional MW disposal site. The NTS has a facility that is permitted to dispose of onsite- and offsite-generated MW until November 30, 2010. There is not a DOE waste management facility that is currently permitted to dispose of offsite-generated MW after 2010, jeopardizing the DOE environmental cleanup mission and other MW-generating mission-related activities. A mission needs document (CD-0) has been prepared for a newly permitted MW disposal facility at the NTS that would provide the needed capability to support DOE's environmental cleanup mission and other MW-generating mission-related activities. This report presents a conceptual engineering design for a MW facility that is fully compliant with Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and DOE O 435.1, 'Radioactive Waste Management'. The facility, which will be located within the Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management Site (RWMS) at the NTS, will provide an approximately 20,000-cubic yard waste disposal capacity. The facility will be licensed by the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection (NDEP).