High Level Waste Tank Closure Modeling with Geographic Information Systems (GIS).

Bollinger, J. S. ; Newman, J.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: High level radioactive wastes;    Tanks;    Radioactive waste disposal;    Cleaning;    Closures;   

RP-ID  :  DE2004827205

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

美国|英语

来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

Waste removal from 49 underground storage tanks located in two tank farms involves three steps: bulk waste removal, water washing to remove residual waste, and in some cases chemical cleaning to remove additional residual waste. Not all waste can be completely removed by these processes-resulting in some residual waste loading following cleaning. Completely removing this residual waste would be prohibitively expensive; therefore, it will be stabilized by filling the tanks with grout. Acceptable residual waste loading inventories were determined using one-dimensional groundwater transport modeling to predict future human exposure based on several scenarios. These modeling results have been incorporated into a geographic information systems (GIS) application for rapid evaluation of various tank closure options.