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Review of the Continued Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Review #2

Review of the Continued Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation: Review #2

National Academies of Sciences Engineering and Medicine
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board

Paperback

Medical ReferenceGeneral Political ScienceGeneral Science

ISBN10: 0309690838
ISBN13: 9780309690836
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: Jan 30 2023
Pages: 76
Weight: 0.50
Height: 0.25 Width: 8.36 Depth: 10.72
Language: English

The Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Washington state, which produced plutonium for nuclear weapons from 1944-1987, is the site of the largest and most complex nuclear cleanup challenge in the United States. The U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) is responsible for managing the cleanup of the radioactive and other hazardous wastes stored in 177 underground tanks at the site. DOE plans to use vitrification, or immobilization in glass waste forms, for all of the high-level radioactive waste at Hanford. However, because the volume of low-activity waste exceeds DOEs capacity limits for vitrification, DOE must decide how to treat the remaining supplemental low-activity waste (SLAW) so that it can be safely disposed in a near-surface disposal site. To help inform its decision, DOE contracted with a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC), led by Savannah River National Laboratory, to analyze and report its findings about three potential alternative technologies.

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