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

Committee on the Management of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored in Tanks At Three Department of Energy Sites,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites: Final Report
Format
Paperback
Publisher
National Academies Press
Country
United States
Published
12 September 2006
Pages
214
ISBN
9780309101707

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

Committee on the Management of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored in Tanks At Three Department of Energy Sites,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Division on Earth and Life Studies,National Research Council,National Academy of Sciences

DOE Tank Waste: How clean is clean enough? The U.S. Congress asked the National Academies to evaluate the Department of EnergyaEURO ™s (DOEaEURO ™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 DOEaEURO ™s overall plan is workable, but some important challenges must be overcomeaEURO 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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