ML20196K289
| ML20196K289 | |
| Person / Time | |
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| Issue date: | 06/22/1988 |
| From: | Glenn C NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| To: | Bangart R, Bell M NRC OFFICE OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SAFETY & SAFEGUARDS (NMSS) |
| References | |
| REF-WM-10 NUDOCS 8807060564 | |
| Download: ML20196K289 (3) | |
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i 6/88 ' REVISED MEETING NOTES i ,;
JUN t i 1980 NOTE T0: Richard L. Bangart, Acting Director HMSS/LLWM Michael J. Bell, Chief NMSS/LLWM/LLRB ,
3 FROM: Chad J. Glenn, Project Manager NHSS/LLWM/LLRB J
SUBJECT:
REVISED MEETING NOTES FOR JUNE 8, 1988 NEETING ON HANFORD DEFENSE WASTES We intend to tran:mit the enclosed revised meeting notes to DOE for th ur-signature. These meeting notes incorporate changes proposed by NRC ano DOE.
Do you have any objection to forwarding these notes?
(Original Siped by )
Chad J. Glenn-NMSS/LLWM/LLRB.
Enclosure:
As stated c.c: R. Boyle l
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NRC/ DOE 6/9/88 MEETING NOTES NRC - DOE MEETING t
ON DISPOSAL OF HANFORD DEFENSE WASTES Date: June 9, 1988 Time: 2:00-5:00 PM Location: 4811-NRC White Flint Bldg., Rockville, MD List of Attendees: See Attachment 1 Sumary: NRC and DOE staff met to discuss disposal plaas for the Hanford double-shell tank wastes. The meeting objectives were as follows:
- 1. To provide an opportunity for DOE to present information on their plans ,
to dispose of double-shell tank wastes within the scope of the Hanford '
Defense Waste-Environmental Impact Statement (HDW-EIS).
- 2. To provide an opportunity for the DOE to present information on their plans to dispose of Hanford phosphate-sulf,tte wastes (PSW) from N-Reactor decontamination.
- 3. To provide an opportunity for NRC to discuss their views and concerns with D0E.
- 4. To W ntify possible future interactions between NRC and DOE.
DOE's presentation (Attachment 2) identified six different waste streams that ;
it intends to process ct Hanford for disposal. These include: (1) !
phosphate-sulfatewaste(PSW);(2)plutoniumfinishingplantwaste;(3) cladding removal waste; (4) neutralized carrent acid waste; (5) double-shell slurry feed; and (6) double-shell slurry.
DOE indicated that it intends to initiate )rocessing of the PSW in July 1988 by grouting and disposing of the grout in a s1 allow land burial facility at Hanford. The PSW wastes are a result of primary loop Ocontamination of N-Reactor and ion-exchange wastes. DOE indicated that these wastes have been segregated from other Hanford wastes and are clearly low-level wastes. NRC agrees with DOE that these wastes are low-level wastes. NRC staff indicated that it sees no reascn why DOE could not proceed to dispose of these wastes as scheduled.
DOE intends to treat the neutralized current acid wastes (NCAW) as high-level waste. Cesium would be removed from the supernate and combined uith sludge containing strontium and other precipitated radionaclides and then vitrified into borosilicate glass for eventual disposal in a geologic repository. DOE L - ' . _ - - _
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i indicated that the treated supernate would be mixad with grout and disposed of as low-level waste.
DOE. indicated that it intends to treat the remaining four categories of wastes !
as rior.-high-level waste and to pretreat as necessary and dispose of them via the grout facility. Both NRC and DOE staff concluded that more discussions are needed to clarify the classification of wastes in the remaining four '
categories. DOE extended an invitation to the NRC staff to visit the Hanford site and view the project facilities that are currently in place. Additfo:.al discussions on waste classification could take place at that time.
The NRC reiterated that the source-based definition set forth in 10 CFR Part 50, Appendix F is the applicable definition for determining whether or not a particular radioactive waste stream is high-level waste.
Ronald E. Gerton Regis R. Bo, ele U. S. Department of Energy V. S. Nucleae Regulatory Commission i
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