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Appendix B: Management Strategies for Remediation of High-Level Waste at the Hanford Site
Pages 84-89

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... Still further studies and evaluations led to the issuance of the Hanford Defense Waste Environmental Impact Statement in 1987 (U.S. Department of Energy, 1987)
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From page 85...
... Environmental Protection Agency delegated regulatory authority for all mixed waste at the Hanford Site to the Washington State Department of Ecology. The Hanford tank wastes are deemed to contain hazardous substances under RCRA provisions and, as a consequence of the new regulations, the tank wastes also become subject to State of Washington regulation.
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From page 86...
... Either a reduction of HLW volume using extensive separations technology or an increase In capacity of the vitrification facility, or a combination of both, would be required to process all the HLW in a reasonable time. The DOE proposed the cessation of design on the vitrification facility until extensive separations technology and a large-capacity melter could be developed.
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... , DOE announced its intent to prepare two environmental impact statements; (1) an interim action statement to resolve urgent tank safety issues, and (2)
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... The DOE would also continue to characterize the tanic waste and perform technology development activities to reduce uncertainties and evaluate emerging technologies. A TPA modification defining milestones implementing the phased TWRS Privatization Initiative was issued by DOE in December 1995, and was approved July 24, 1996.
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... Washington State Department of Ecology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S.
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