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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Savannah River Site Waste Management
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Category : Environmental impact statements
Languages : en
Pages : 766
Book Description
Savannah River Site Waste Management Facilities, Aiken County, Allendale County, Barnwell County
Author: Savannah River Site, High-level Waste Tank Closure
Author: Savannah River Site at Fifty
Author: Mary Beth ReedPublisher:
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Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 728
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Review of the Department of Energy's Plans for Disposal of Surplus Plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicinePublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309498619
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
In 2018, the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine issued an Interim Report evaluating the general viability of the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration's (DOE-NNSA's) conceptual plans for disposing of 34 metric tons (MT) of surplus plutonium in the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), a deep geologic repository near Carlsbad, New Mexico. It provided a preliminary assessment of the general viability of DOE-NNSA's conceptual plans, focused on some of the barriers to their implementation. This final report addresses the remaining issues and echoes the recommendations from the interim study.
Energy Research Abstracts
Author: Tank Wastes Planned for On-Site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309181747
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
In response to a request from Congress, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) asked the National Academies to evaluate its plans for managing radioactive wastes from spent nuclear fuel at sites in Idaho, South Carolina, and Washington. This interim report evaluates storage facilities at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, with a particular focus on plans to seal the tanks with grouting. The report finds that tanks at the site do not necessarily need to be sealed shut as soon as the bulk of the waste has been removed. Postponing permanent closure buys more time for the development and application of emerging technologies to remove and better immobilize residual waste, without increasing risks to the environment or delaying final closure of the "tank farms." The report also recommends alternatives to address the lack of tank space at the site, as well as the need for focused R&D activities to reduce the amount and improve the immobilization of residual waste in the tanks and to test some of the assumptions used in evaulating long-term risks at the site.
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