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COMMENTS ON APPENDIX H COMMENTS ON APPENDIX D —
DESCRIPTION OFPACD.TylE4 AND PROCESSES.
- TRANSPORTABLE GROUT FACD.ITY_-- n Ga.
1Ae following comments refer In Appendix In
Several general comments an this appendix follow:
3.1.3.12 1. On page B.22, by ere pitṁ to be hammered into the waste? The poten ti al for 1. ne use of acronyms in this appendix is excessive. Although the use of such
contemina tlo , spread with this technique to enormous-
e cronyms is symptomatic of many government documents, Nis £iS is supposed to be
written for the general public
2. Instead of p il es, the use of the matebf-Ne-e rt "dynamic compaction" technique is
recommended Thu technique has been used successfu lly 1n conselidating organic 2. Metric wits a used Cyst, with Eng li sh equivalents in parenthesis, throughout
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tary landfills, and h ardous dis,ximl
.race. The t h q e was most of this EIS. In this appendix, however, Eh,lishwe scractim es used
3 .1.3. 12 i
en previously recommended to DOE for the TRU waste duposel area of INEL in a first nis adds th the confusim at the non techmcel audience for which this
1980 report by Dames & Moore, for EG&G Idaho, tie. document is supposed t0 be oriented.
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3. No basis is given, end no refirroops are cited, for the Rediolegicel Impacts cited in
Section D.y,
4. Similarly, no basis tot calculation or references we given for Ne costs in
Section D.B.
5. The reference to Roy, at al., 1963, notwithstanding, no mixtures of man-made
mint grout and radioactive, heavy moral, and toxic chemical wastes have been
shown to have survived for 10,000 years. No solub il i ty studies for this g out,
especially ass min, a climatic change to welter conditions or rise, however
unlikely, W the water bible, are Wtlized in this doposal scenario. Eased on a
reference not used in this study:
3.1.8.1
-Dames & Moore, 1920, Final report, arch and
development on in-situ, encaps ul ation for so low-level
- Trareurame buried waste at the Idaho National Engineering
Laboratory: Unpublished rept. for EC&G Idaho, Inc., Idaho
Falb, Idaho,
the addition of zeolite or diatomaceous e ar th and clay to the grout might prove more
effeetive in containment add absorption of the waste than a straight cement grout
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