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4.6<br />

TABLE 4.1.3. Example Predisposal Operations and Alternatives Evaluated for<br />

Reprocessing-Cycle TRU <strong>Waste</strong>s for All Disposal Concepts<br />

Non-High-Level Shipments to Shipments<br />

<strong>Waste</strong> Type <strong>Waste</strong> Treatment Interim Storage Interim Storage To Disposal<br />

Fuel Residue( a ) Package in canisters In casks by rail(b) Dry-well In casks by rail (b)<br />

without compac- or truck facility(b) or or truck<br />

tion.(b) Alter- concrete vault<br />

natives include:<br />

* Mechanical<br />

compaction <strong>of</strong><br />

hulls<br />

* Hulls melting<br />

Failed equipment Failed equipment Canisters in casks Canisters in dry- Same as to interim<br />

and other non- decontaminated and by rail(b) or well facility(b) storage<br />

combustible disassembled as truck. High dose- or concrete<br />

waste required. Non- rate drums in casks vaults. High<br />

combustible waste by rail or dose-rate drums<br />

packaged without truck.(b) Other in dry-well<br />

treatment. Pack- drums and boxes facility or conaged<br />

in canisters, in shielded over- crete vaults.(b)<br />

drums and boxes packs or special Low dose-rate concontainers<br />

by rail tainers in unor<br />

truck(b) shielded buildings<br />

or outdoors with<br />

earth cover(b)<br />

Combustible Incinerate and Drums in casks High dose-rate Same as to<br />

waste immobilize ash in or shielded over drums in dry-well interim storage<br />

cement( b or bitu- packs or special facility or conmen.<br />

Alternatives containers by rail crete vaults.(b)<br />

include packaging or truck(b) Low dose-rate conwithout<br />

treatment<br />

tainers in unshielded<br />

buildings<br />

or outdoors with<br />

earth cover(b)<br />

Wet wastes and Immobilize in Same as above Same as above Same as above<br />

particulates cement(b)<br />

or bitumen<br />

85<br />

Gaseous and Use high efficiency Recovered solids<br />

Kr stored Recovered sl ids<br />

airborne wastes filters and process as above. 85Kr on-site in spe- as above. 3Kr<br />

to remove I, C and not shipped cial facility not shipped <strong>of</strong>f-<br />

Kr. Alternatives for pressurized site<br />

include 3H removal gas cylinders.<br />

Other materials<br />

as above<br />

(a) Spent fuel cladding hulls and hardware that remain after fuel components have been leached out.<br />

(b) The example method <strong>of</strong> this Statement.

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