Converting the WRAP LLW Glovebox to TRU Operations.

Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee

关键词: Low-level radioactive wastes;    Gloveboxes;    Radioactive waste facilities;    Radioactive waste processing;    Hanford Reservation;   

RP-ID  :  DE2003812307

学科分类：工程和技术（综合）

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来源: National Technical Reports Library

【 摘 要 】

The Waste Receiving and Processing (WRAP) facility.includes separate, dedicated glovebox lines for low-level waste (LLW) and contact-handled transuranic (CH-TRU) waste. These glovebox lines were sized for projected processing demands and established strategies for retrieving TRU waste at the time of facility design and construction. Since the original design and construction of WRAP, strategies have changed resulting in a shift in projected waste volumes to be processed. Specifically, there has been a decrease in projected LLW processing volumes and an increase in TRU waste processing volumes. Converting the LLW glovebox to allow CH-TRU waste processing not only increases TRU waste throughput and process reliability, but also presents the attractive and significant advantage of being able to supercompact TRU waste. Using the supercompactor in the LLW glovebox for TRU waste is a new application for a proven technology, and offers very high projected savings by reducing the number and volume of shipments to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant in New Mexico.