Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites: Final Report - Softcover

National Research Council; Division On Earth And Life Studies; Nuclear And Radiation Studies Board; Committee On The Management Of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored In Tanks At Three Department Of Energy Sites

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0309101700 ISBN 13: 9780309101707

Publisher: National Academies Press, 2006

Synopsis

DOE Tank Waste: How clean is clean enough? The U.S. Congress asked the National Academies to evaluate the Department of Energya (TM)s (DOEa (TM)s) plans for cleaning up defense-related radioactive wastes stored in underground tanks at three sites: the Hanford Site in Washington State, the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, and the Idaho National Laboratory. DOE plans to remove the waste from the tanks, separate out high-level radioactive waste to be shipped to an off-site geological repository, and dispose of the remaining lower-activity waste onsite. The report concludes that DOEa (TM)s overall plan is workable, but some important challenges must be overcomea "including the removal of residual waste from some tanks, especially at Hanford and Savannah River. The report recommends that DOE pursue a more risk-informed, consistent, participatory, and transparent for making decisions about how much waste to retrieve from tanks and how much to dispose of onsite. The report offers several other detailed recommendations to improve the technical soundness of DOE's tank cleanup plans.

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Committee on the Management of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored in Tanks at Three Department of Energy Sites, National Research Council

Edition details

• Publisher: National Academies Press
• Publication date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0309101700
• ISBN 13: 9780309101707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 214