Review of the analysis of supplemental treatment approaches of low-activity waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation : number 1 / Committee on Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radioactive waste disposal--United States--Periodicals.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (55 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, District of Columbia : National Academies Press, 2018.

Summary:

In 1943, as part of the Manhattan Project, the Hanford Nuclear Reservation was established with the mission to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. During 45 years of operations, the Hanford Site produced about 67 metric tonnes of plutonium-approximately two-thirds of the nation's stockpile. Production processes generated radioactive and other hazardous wastes and resulted in airborne, surface, subsurface, and groundwater contamination. Presently, 177 underground tanks contain collectively about 210 million liters (about 56 million gallons) of waste. The chemically complex and diverse waste is difficult to manage and dispose of safely. Section 3134 of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017 calls for a Federally Funded Research and Development Center (FFRDC) to conduct an analysis of approaches for treating the portion of low-activity waste (LAW) at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation intended for supplemental treatment. The first of four, this report reviews the analysis carried out by the FFRDC. It evaluates the technical quality and completeness of the methods used to conduct the risk, cost benefit, schedule, and regulatory compliance assessments and their implementations; waste conditioning and supplemental treatment approaches considered in the assessments; and other key information and data used in the assessments.

Contents:

Intro

FrontMatter

Preface

Acknowledgments

Contents

Summary

1 Introduction

2 Committee's Review of the FFRDC's Draft Methodologies

3 Committee's Review of the FFRDC's Draft Assessment of Waste Conditioning and Supplemental Treatment Approaches

4 Committee's Review of the Information and Data Used by the FFRDC

5 Stakeholders' and Public Comments

References

Appendix A: Section 3134 of the Fiscal Year 2017 National Defense Authorization Act

Appendix B: Statement of Task

Appendix C: Presentations at the Committee's Information-Gathering Meetings

Appendix D: Biographical Sketches of the Committee

Appendix E: Acronyms and Abbreviations.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-309-47515-5

0-309-47513-9