Waste Handling Practices for the Plutonium Immobilization Plant

Severynse, T.F.

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

关键词: Removal;    Alpha-Bearing Wastes;    99 General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;    Radioactive Wastes;    Wastes;   

DOI  :  10.2172/793687
RP-ID  :  UCRL-ID-140011
RP-ID  :  W-7405-Eng-48
RP-ID  :  793687

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Solid waste handling operations refers to all activities associated with the segregation, collection, packaging, assay, storage, and removal of solid radioactive waste from radiological facilities. The Plutonium Immobilization Plant (PIP) is expected to generate the following types of radiological waste, as defined in WSRC Manual 1S, ''Waste Acceptance Criteria'': Low level waste; Mixed hazardous waste; TRU waste; and Mixed TRU waste. Historically, waste handling activities have been demanding proportionately larger amounts of labor, time, and space to effectively manage waste in accordance with increasing regulatory requirements. Since the PIP will be designed for an annual throughput of five metric tonnes plutonium, the facility waste handling operations can be expected to have at least twice the impact of such operations at existing facilities.