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Tank Wastes Planned for On-Site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites: The Savannah River Site: Interim Report (2005)

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Suggested Citation:"Appendix F Federal Facility Agreement Waste Removal Schedule." National Research Council. 2005. Tank Wastes Planned for On-Site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites: The Savannah River Site: Interim Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11415.
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Appendix F
Federal Facility Agreement Waste Removal Schedule

The Savannah River Site Federal Facility Agreement (FFA) requires the U.S. Department of Energy to submit to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the South Carolina Department of Environmental Control an annual report containing, among other items, the schedule for the removal of high-level waste from noncompliant tanks (i.e., those that do not have a full secondary containment). These are Tanks 1 through 24. Figure F-1 shows the latest removal schedule, as of September 2004 (DOE, 2005).

FIGURE F1 Federal Facility Agreement waste removal schedule, revision 2, as of September 2004. SOURCE: DOE (2005).

Reference

U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). 2005. F/H Area High Level Waste Tank Status Report for CY2004. CBU-ENG-2005-00005. Aiken, S.C.

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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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