| Description |
1 online resource (1 PDF file (x, 55 pages) |
| Series |
Consensus study report of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine |
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Consensus study report.
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| Summary |
DOE's current plan for treating the nearly 56 million gallons of radioactive and heterogeneous waste in 177 large tanks is to separate it into two waste streams: a high-level waste (HLW) stream that will have less than 10 percent of the volume but more than 90 percent of the radioactivity and a low-activity waste (LAW) stream that will have more than 90 percent of the volume but less than 10 percent of the radioactivity. Once the under-construction Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) becomes operational, it will vitrify the HLW stream and at least one-third to perhaps one-half of the LAW stream. The excess LAW that still needs to be treated is called supplemental low-activity waste (SLAW). DOE, the Washington State Department of Ecology, and the Environmental Protection Agency--the three parties under the legally binding 1989 Tri-Party Agreement--have yet to agree on the SLAW treatment method.--Preface |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 28-29) |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (National Academies Press, viewed July 9, 2018) |
| Subject |
United States. Department of Energy.
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| SUBJECT |
United States. Department of Energy. fast (OCoLC)fst01852518 |
| Subject |
Radioactive waste disposal -- United States -- Management -- Evaluation
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Radioactive waste sites -- United States -- Management -- Evaluation
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Management -- Evaluation.
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| SUBJECT |
Hanford Site (Wash.) -- Management -- Evaluation
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| Subject |
United States.
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Washington (State) -- Hanford Site.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.), issuing body, publisher.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board, researcher.
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National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Division on Earth and Life Studies, researcher.
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| ISBN |
0309475139 |
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9780309475136 |
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0309475155 |
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9780309475150 |
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