Title Improving the characterization program for contact-handled transuranic waste bound for the waste isolation pilot plant / Committee on Optimizing the Characterization and Transportation of Transuranic Waste Destined for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council of the National Academies

Published Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2004

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 132 pages) : illustrations Contents Improving the Characterization Program for Contact-Handled Transuranic Waste Bound for the WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT -- Copyright -- Preface -- ORGANIZATION OF THE REPORT -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- ES. 1 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM -- ES. 2 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 BOUNDARIES OF THE STATEMENT OF TASK AND STRATEGY TO ADDRESS IT -- 1.2 ORIGIN OF THIS STUDY -- 1.3 TRANSURANIC WASTE DEFINED -- 1.4 THE WASTE ISOLATION PILOT PLANT -- 1.5 LIFE CYCLE OF TRANSURANIC WASTE -- 1.6 CHALLENGES OF TRANSURANIC WASTE CHARACTERIZATION 2 Transuranic Waste Inventories -- 2.1 EXISTING WASTE AND TO-BE-GENERATED WASTE -- 2.2 TRANSURANIC WASTE INVENTORIES -- 2.3 CHALLENGING WASTE STREAMS DESTINED FOR WIPP -- 2.3.1 Waste with high potential for generating flammable gas -- 2.3.2 Oversized containers -- 2.3.3 Fissile isotope content -- 2.3.4 Legacy waste generated in research laboratories -- 2.3.5 Prohibited items -- 2.3.5.1 OASIS and other organic sludge wastes -- 2.3.5.2 Sealed sources -- 2.3.5.3 Wastes containing heat-sealed bags -- 2.3.6 Remote-handled transuranic waste 10 2.4 CHALLENGING WASTE STREAMS WITHOUT A CLEAR PATH FOR DISPOSAL -- 3 Regulatory and Policy Framework for Waste Characterization -- 3.1 REGULATORY BODIES FOR WIPP -- 3.2 MAIN REGULATORY DOCUMENTS -- 3.2.1 Land Withdrawal Act -- 3.2.2 EPA Certificate of Compliance -- 3.2.3 NMED Hazardous Waste Facility Permit -- 3.2.4 USNRC Certificate of Compliance for transportation packages -- 3.2.5 Waste Acceptance Criteria -- 3.3 HISTORY OF MODIFICATIONS TO WIPP'S REGULATORY DOCUMENTS -- 3.3.1 Programmatic changes relevant to EPA -- 3.3.1.1 Approved programmatic changes 3.3.2 Programmatic changes relevant to NMED -- 3.3.2.1 Approved changes to the HWFP -- 3.3.3 Programmatic changes relevant to the USNRC -- 3.3.3.1 Approved changes to the USNRC Certification -- 3.4 DISCUSSION: REGULATORY CHALLENGES AND MILESTONES FOR TRU WASTE CHARACTERIZATION -- 3.4.1 WIPP as a First-of-a-Kind Facility -- 3.5 DISCUSSION: EXPERIENCE WITH THE PERMIT MODIFICATION PROCESS -- 4 Transuranic Waste Characterization Program -- 4.1 OVERVIEW OF THE CURRENT WASTE CHARACTERIZATION PROGRAM -- 4.1.1 Acceptable Knowledge -- 4.1.2 Real-time radiography and visual examination 4.1.3 Non-destructive assay -- 4.1.4 Drum age criterion and headspace gas sampling and analysis -- 4.1.5 Gas generation testing -- 4.1.6 Homogeneous waste coring and analysis -- 4.1.7 Segregation or rework -- 4.1.8 Repackaging -- 4.1.9 Data management -- 4.1.10 Audits -- 4.2 STATISTICAL SAMPLING OR 100 PERCENT CONFIRMATION? -- 4.3 SITE-SPECIFIC CHARACTERIZATION ACTIVITIES -- 4.4 ACCEPTABLE KNOWLEDGE -- 4.4.1 Uses of Acceptable Knowledge -- 4.4.2 Qualification of Acceptable Knowledge -- 4.4.3 Accuracy of historical information -- 4.5 CHARACTERIZATION COSTS Notes "This study was supported by Grant No. DE-FC01-99EW59049 between the National Academy of Sciences and the U.S. Department of Energy"--Title page verso Bibliography Includes bibliographical references Notes Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL Print version record digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL Subject Radioactive wastes -- Transportation -- United States Alpha-bearing wastes -- United States Materials handling. Alpha-bearing wastes Materials handling Radioactive wastes -- Transportation United States Form Electronic book LC no. 2003116878 ISBN 9780309527903 0309527902

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