Improving the characterization program for contact-handled transuranic waste bound for the waste isolation pilot plant /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Optimizing the Characterization and Transportation of Transuranic Waste Destined for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2004.
Temas:
Radioactive wastes > Transportation > United States.
Alpha-bearing wastes > United States.
Materials handling.
Déchets alpha > États-Unis.
Manutention.
Alpha-bearing wastes
Materials handling
Radioactive wastes > Transportation
United States
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Improving the Characterization Program for Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste Bound for the WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
  • ES. 1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
  • ES. 2 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 1 Introduction
  • 1.1 BOUNDARIES OF THE STATEMENT OF TASK AND STRATEGY TO ADDRESS IT
  • 1.2 ORIGIN OF THIS STUDY
  • 1.3 TRANSURANIC WASTE DEFINED
  • 1.4 THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT
  • 1.5 LIFE CYCLE OF TRANSURANIC WASTE
  • 1.6 CHALLENGES OF TRANSURANIC WASTE CHARACTERIZATION.
  • 2 Transuranic Waste Inventories
  • 2.1 EXISTING WASTE AND TO-BE-GENERATED WASTE
  • 2.2 TRANSURANIC WASTE INVENTORIES
  • 2.3 CHALLENGING WASTE STREAMS DESTINED FOR WIPP
  • 2.3.1 Waste with high potential for generating flammable gas
  • 2.3.2 Oversized containers
  • 2.3.3 Fissile isotope content
  • 2.3.4 Legacy waste generated in research laboratories
  • 2.3.5 Prohibited items
  • 2.3.5.1 OASIS and other organic sludge wastes
  • 2.3.5.2 Sealed sources
  • 2.3.5.3 Wastes containing heat-sealed bags
  • 2.3.6 Remote-handled transuranic waste 10.
  • 2.4 CHALLENGING WASTE STREAMS WITHOUT A CLEAR PATH FOR DISPOSAL
  • 3 Regulatory and Policy Framework for Waste Characterization
  • 3.1 REGULATORY BODIES FOR WIPP
  • 3.2 MAIN REGULATORY DOCUMENTS
  • 3.2.1 Land Withdrawal Act
  • 3.2.2 EPA Certificate of Compliance
  • 3.2.3 NMED Hazardous Waste Facility Permit
  • 3.2.4 USNRC Certificate of Compliance for transportation packages
  • 3.2.5 Waste Acceptance Criteria
  • 3.3 HISTORY OF MODIFICATIONS TO WIPP'S REGULATORY DOCUMENTS
  • 3.3.1 Programmatic changes relevant to EPA
  • 3.3.1.1 Approved programmatic changes.
  • 3.3.2 Programmatic changes relevant to NMED
  • 3.3.2.1 Approved changes to the HWFP
  • 3.3.3 Programmatic changes relevant to the USNRC
  • 3.3.3.1 Approved changes to the USNRC Certification
  • 3.4 DISCUSSION: REGULATORY CHALLENGES AND MILESTONES FOR TRU WASTE CHARACTERIZATION
  • 3.4.1 WIPP as a First-of-a-Kind Facility
  • 3.5 DISCUSSION: EXPERIENCE WITH THE PERMIT MODIFICATION PROCESS
  • 4 Transuranic Waste Characterization Program
  • 4.1 OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT WASTE CHARACTERIZATION PROGRAM
  • 4.1.1 Acceptable Knowledge
  • 4.1.2 Real-time radiography and visual examination.
  • 4.1.3 Non-destructive assay
  • 4.1.4 Drum age criterion and headspace gas sampling and analysis
  • 4.1.5 Gas generation testing
  • 4.1.6 Homogeneous waste coring and analysis
  • 4.1.7 Segregation or rework
  • 4.1.8 Repackaging
  • 4.1.9 Data management
  • 4.1.10 Audits
  • 4.2 STATISTICAL SAMPLING OR 100 PERCENT CONFIRMATION?
  • 4.3 SITE-SPECIFIC CHARACTERIZATION ACTIVITIES
  • 4.4 ACCEPTABLE KNOWLEDGE
  • 4.4.1 Uses of Acceptable Knowledge
  • 4.4.2 Qualification of Acceptable Knowledge
  • 4.4.3 Accuracy of historical information
  • 4.5 CHARACTERIZATION COSTS.

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