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Methods of chemical analysis for organic waste constituents in radioactive materials: A literature review

Description: Most of the waste generated during the production of defense materials at Hanford is presently stored in 177 underground tanks. Because of the many waste treatment processes used at Hanford, the operations conducted to move and consolidate the waste, and the long-term storage conditions at elevated temperatures and radiolytic conditions, little is known about most of the organic constituents in the tanks. Organics are a factor in the production of hydrogen from storage tank 101-SY and represent… more
Date: February 1, 1993
Creator: Clauss, S.A. & Bean, R.M.
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Columbia River monitoring: Distribution of tritium in Columbia River water at the Richland Pumphouse

Description: The Surface Environmental Surveillance Project (SESP) is conducted by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) for the US Department of Energy (DOE). This report presents the results of a special study conducted as part of the SESP to supplement the routine Columbia River monitoring program and provide information relative to the dispersion and distribution of Hanford origin contaminants entering the river through the seepage of ground water along the Hanford Site. Sampling was conducted along cr… more
Date: February 1, 1993
Creator: Dirkes, R.L.
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High-level waste management and treatment program for The Analytical Laboratory

Description: A new program has been successfully implemented for the treatment, storage, and disposal of high-level radioactive mixed wastes generated during chemical and radiological analysis at the Pacific Northwest Laboratory in Richland, Washington. This shielded laboratory facility has effectively treated RCRA waste generated predominantly from analyses of radioactive samples obtained during the Tank Waste Characterization Program on the Hanford Site. Several batches of the radioactive mixed waste, gen… more
Date: February 1, 1993
Creator: King, A.G.; Baldwin, D.L.; Steele, R.T. & Poston, K.A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Feasibility study on the solidification of liquid low-level radioactive mixed waste in the inactive tank system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

Description: A literature survey was conducted to help determine the feasibility of solidifying a liquid low-level radioactive mixed waste in the inactive tank system at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The goal of this report is to facilitate a decision on the disposition of these wastes by identifying any waste constituents that might (1) compromise the strength or stability of the waste form or (2) be highly leachable. Furthermore, its goal is to identify ways to circumvent interferences and to decr… more
Date: January 1, 1993
Creator: Trussell, S. (Texas A and M Univ., College Station, TX (United States). Dept. of Civil Engineering) & Spence, R.D. (Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States))
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Similarity analysis applied to the design of scaled tests of hydraulic mitigation methods for Tank 241-SY-101

Description: The episodic gas releases from Tank 241-SY-101 (SY-101) pose a potential safety hazard. It is thought that gas releases occur because gases are generated and trapped in layers of settled solids located at the bottom of the tank. This document focuses on issues associated with testing of hydraulic mitigation technologies proposed for SY-101. The basic assumption underlying the concept of hydraulic mitigation is that mobilization or maintained suspension of the solids settled in the bottom of the… more
Date: February 1, 1993
Creator: Liljegren, L.M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental Surveillance data report for the fourth quarter of 1992

Description: The Environmental Surveillance and Protection Section within the Office of Environmental Compliance and Documentation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is responsible for the development and implementation of an envirorunental program to (1) ensure compliance with all federal, state, and Department of Energy (DOE) reporting requirements to quantitatively demonstrate prevention, control, and abatement of environmental pollution; (2) monitor the adequacy of containment and effluent cont… more
Date: February 1, 1993
Creator: Goldberg, P. Y.; Cooper, R. C.; Hamilton, L. V.; Hughes, J. F.; Horwedel, B. M.; Loffman, R. S. et al.
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Sensor Based Process Control (SBPC) Laboratories Directed Research and Development (LDRD)

Description: This report describes the activities and results of an LDRD entitled Sensor Based Process Control. This research examined the needs of the plating industry for monitor and control capabilities with particular emphasis on water effluent from rinse baths. A personal computer-based monitor and control development system was used as a test bed.
Date: March 1, 1993
Creator: Wronosky, John B.
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Treatment of mixed F006 contaminated material to meet the new EPA debris rule at the Savannah River Site

Description: The Westinghouse Savannah River Company (WSRC), as the operating contractor for the Department of Energy (DOE) at the Savannah River Site (SRS) has demonstrated a procedure to clean mixed (radioactive/hazardous) materials to meet the criteria in the recently promulgated Land Disposal Restrictions debris'' rule. The material was equipment (steel piping, transfer pumps valves) which had been used in industrial wastewater treatment facility to transfer listed F006 wastewater treatment plating line… more
Date: January 1, 1993
Creator: Pickett, J. B.; Diener, G. A.; Carroll, S. J. & Steingard, J. M.
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Recommended environmental dose calculation methods and Hanford-specific parameters

Description: This document was developed to support the Hanford Environmental Dose overview Panel (HEDOP). The Panel is responsible for reviewing all assessments of potential doses received by humans and other biota resulting from the actual or possible environmental releases of radioactive and other hazardous materials from facilities and/or operations belonging to the US Department of Energy on the Hanford Site in south-central Washington. This document serves as a guide to be used for developing estimate… more
Date: March 1, 1993
Creator: Schreckhise, R. G.; Rhoads, K.; Napier, B. A.; Ramsdell, J. V. & Davis, J. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Pilot study risk assessment for selected problems at the Savannah River Site (SRS)

Description: An assessment of the health risks was made for releases of tritium and [sup 137]Cs from the Savannah River Site (SRS) at water-receptor locations downriver. Although reactor operations were shut down at the SRS in 1989, liquid wastes continue to be released to the Savannah River either by direct discharges into onsite surface waters or by groundwater transport into surface waters from waste facilities. Existing state mandates will cause the liquid waste streams from future operations to go dire… more
Date: March 1, 1993
Creator: Hamilton, L.D.; Holtzman, S.; Meinhold, A.; Morris, S.C.; Pardi, R.; Sun, C. (Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)) et al.
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Development and testing of ion exchangers for treatment of liquid wastes at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Description: This report addresses three areas of waste treatment: (1) treatment of newly generated low-level liquid waste and Melton Valley Storage Tank (MVST) supernate using inorganic ion exchangers; (2) treatment of processing streams at the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center (REDC); and (3) removal of radionuclides from organic solutions. Distribution of various radionuclides between simulated waste solutions and several sorbents was determined in batch tests. Inorganic ion exchangers were pr… more
Date: March 1, 1993
Creator: Collins, J. L.; Davidson, D. J.; Chase, C. W.; Egan, B. Z. (Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)); Ensor, D. D.; Bright, R. M. et al.
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UV Disinfection Pilot Plant Study at the Savannah River Site

Description: An ultraviolet light disinfection system pilot plant was operated at the Savannah River Site Central Shops sanitary wastewater treatment package plant July 14, 1992 through August 13, 1992. The purpose was to determine the effectiveness of ultraviolet light disinfection on the effluent from the small package-type wastewater treatment plants currently used on-site. This pilot plant consisted of a rack of UV lights suspended in a stainless steel channel through which a sidestream of effluent from… more
Date: January 1, 1993
Creator: Huffines, R. L. & Beavers, B. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Regulatory issues in vitrification research: A case study of circuit board reclamation

Description: Vitrification has shown great potential as a method of remediation, as it incorporates aspects of all of the fundamental treatment techniques of destruction, extraction, and immobilization. A wide variety of waste streams can be treated to levels acceptable for disposal in municipal solid waste landfills. However, it is important that an individual considering vitrification as a treatment method understands the regulatory mechanism whereby a vitrified waste may be disposed of in a Subtitle D (i… more
Date: January 1, 1993
Creator: Bickford, D.F. (Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)); Compton, K.L. & Bennert, D.M. (Clemson Univ., SC (United States). Dept. of Environmental Systems Engineering)
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Liquid and Gaseous Waste Operations Department annual operating report, CY 1992

Description: A total of 6.05 x 10[sup 7] gal of liquid waste was decontaminated by the Process Waste Treatment Plant (PWTP) ion exchange system during CY 1992. This averaged to 115 gpm throughout the year. When necessary, a wastewater sidestream of 50--80 gpm was treated through the use of a natural zeolite treatment system. An additional 8.00 x 10[sup 6] gal (average of 15 gpm throughout the year) were treated by the zeolite system. Therefore, the average total flow treated at the PWTP for CY 1992 was 130 … more
Date: March 1, 1993
Creator: Gillespie, M. A.; Maddox, J. J. & Scott, C. B.
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Preventing pollution from plutonium processing

Description: The plutonium processing facility at Los Alamos has adopted the strategic goal of becoming a facility that processes plutonium in a way that produces only environmentally benign waste streams. Pollution prevention through source reduction and environmentally sound recycling are being pursued. General approaches to waste reductions are administrative controls, modification of process technologies, and additional waste polishing. Recycling of waste materials, such as spent acids and salts, are te… more
Date: November 1, 1993
Creator: Pillay, K. K. S.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiological impact of 1992 operations at the Savannah River Site

Description: The offsite individual residing at the SRS boundary location of maximum exposure (maximum individual) received a dose from SRS atmospheric releases in 1992 of 0.10 mrem. Tritium oxide releases were responsible for more than 90% of the atmospheric dose. Ninety-nine percent of the atmospheric dose is accounted for with the inclusion of I-129, U-235, Pu-238 and Pu-239. The 50-mile population received a collective dose of 6.4 person-rem from 1992 releases. Atmospheric radiation dose is dominated by… more
Date: December 1, 1993
Creator: Hamby, D. M.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Causes and proposed resolutions of high vibration in NWTF transfer pumps

Description: This Technical Report is intended to communicate the findings from the latest phase of New Waste Transfer Facility (NWTF) transfer pump testing. These tests have identified causes for the high pump vibrations that have been observed during previous phases of transfer pump startup testing, and have led to recommendations for resolving the vibration problem. The paper describes the problem, the test methodology, observations, and recommend actions to correct the vibration problem.
Date: October 22, 1993
Creator: Trawinski, B. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Use of a comprehensive calibration ``gauntlet`` approach for improved contaminants transport modeling at the F and H Area Seepage Basins

Description: Many types of facility and monitoring data have been collected to support operation, closure and envirorunental restoration of the F and H-Area Seepage Basins at the Savannah River Site. Based on the various types of data, we developed contaminant transpose models to allow projection of contaminant releases and comparison of restoration alternatives. The modeling was performed in the following three stages: postulation of a conceptual model of the flow and transport system; development of a sim… more
Date: December 1, 1993
Creator: Looney, B. B.; Haselow, J. S.; Pidcoe, W. W.; Lewis, C. M.; Andersen, P. F. & Spalding, C. P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental surveillance data report for the first quarter of 1993

Description: The Environmental Surveillance and Protection Section within the Office of Environmental Compliance and Documentation at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is responsible for the development and implementation of an envirorunental program to (1) ensure compliance with all federal, state, and Department of Energy (DOE) reporting requirements to quantitatively demonstrate prevention, control, and abatement of environmental pollution; (2) monitor the adequacy of containment and effluent cont… more
Date: October 1, 1993
Creator: Gheesling, S. E.; Gideon, J. C.; Gregory, S. M.; Hamilton, L. V.; Horwedel, B. M.; Loffman, R. S. et al.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Groundwater impact assessment report for the 1325-N Liquid Waste Disposal Facility

Description: In 1943 the Hanford Site was chosen as a location for the Manhattan Project to produce plutonium for use in nuclear weapons. The 100-N Area at Hanford was used from 1963 to 1987 for a dual-purpose, plutonium production and steam generation reactor and related operational support facilities (Diediker and Hall 1987). In November 1989, the reactor was put into dry layup status. During operations, chemical and radioactive wastes were released into the area soil, air, and groundwater. The 1325-N LWD… more
Date: September 1, 1993
Creator: Alexander, D. J. & Johnson, V. G.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiolytic Gas Generation in Salt Cake Quality Assurance Plan

Description: High-level radioactive wastes are stored in large, steel tanks in the Savannah River Site`s Tank Farms. The liquid levels in these tanks are monitored to detect leakage of waste out of tanks or leakage of liquids into the tanks. Recent unexplained level fluctuations in high-level waste (HLW) tanks have caused High Level Waste Engineering (HLWE) to develop a program to better understand tank level behavioral Interim Waste Technology (IWT) has been requested by HLWE to obtain data which will lead… more
Date: August 30, 1993
Creator: Walker, D. D.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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High-level waste management and treatment program for The Analytical Laboratory

Description: A new program has been successfully implemented for the treatment, storage, and disposal of high-level radioactive mixed wastes generated during chemical and radiological analysis at the Pacific Northwest Laboratory in Richland, Washington. This shielded laboratory facility has effectively treated RCRA waste generated predominantly from analyses of radioactive samples obtained during the Tank Waste Characterization Program on the Hanford Site. Several batches of the radioactive mixed waste, gen… more
Date: February 1, 1993
Creator: King, A. G.; Baldwin, D. L.; Steele, R. T. & Poston, K. A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Documentation of Hanford Site independent review of the Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant Preliminary Safety Analysis Report. Revision 3

Description: Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) is the Integrating Contractor for the Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant (HWVP) Project, and as such is responsible for preparation of the HWVP Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR). The HWVP PSAR was prepared pursuant to the requirements for safety analyses contained in US Department of Energy (DOE) Orders 4700.1, Project Management System (DOE 1987); 5480.5, Safety of Nuclear Facilities (DOE 1986a); 5481.lB, Safety Analysis and Review System (DOE 1986b) w… more
Date: November 1, 1993
Creator: Herborn, D. I.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Radiological safety evaluation for a Waste Transfer Facility at Savannah River Site

Description: This paper provides a review of the radiological safety evaluation performed for a Waste Transfer Facility (WTF) located at the Savannah River Site (SRS). This facility transfers liquid radioactive waste between various waste processing facilities and waste storage facilities. The WTF includes functional components such as the diversion box and the pump pits, waste transfer lines, and the outside yard service piping and electrical services. The WSRC methodology is used to evaluate the consequen… more
Date: October 1, 1993
Creator: Ades, M. J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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