EIS-0113_Section_11 - Hanford Site

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Office of Radiation Pntstion
Review of Hanfon Defense Haste M
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1.6 som e ... wastes will resin radimotive for . tens
of thousands of years. Should be hundiais of thnnsands of
yams, 91VW the half-life of R 239 at 24,00D year.
1.9. Ho.2 Fat ce Took Wastes. Fuatem, tanks are Cited. Future
tank w wastes should include the eight nun Taws in AP tank
farm, fens tank In the planner Ag tank farm, and the four
w eight in t he placed AT tank £aim.
1.11 ere Health Hazen Index for Selectai Radionuclides cited
In Table 2 is. In the coex ntt ased . ma3ninpl.. A
detailed explanation of the methodology for determining,
that Inez is na.Hed.
1.11 mcws alternatives weer mnsidexad, three were
3 .3.5.2 selected . There shddd be a discussi on (brief) of these
alternatives disaned.
3.13 •come would to very Uttle. . .treatment of wastes. . .•
3.1.8.19 In-aity vilification Is tzeatvant and has mean iced
for IRO sites. Clarification 0r definition of -treatmentin
named.
2.2 Classification of wastes s hould include undat hosamd transfor
lines not have. i in facility closure plans, i.e.;
2.3.1.14 tank farm M tank farm sc ooted pipelines. Significant
ei ideal activity remains in these lines, and has, in neny
cams, looked to the soli or eno se^rnt.
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3.2 Ieewgh not cows ai in this onviromnmrtal Intact statement,
to -level wa to originating fun the processes desalbal
m Pape 3.2 and 3.3 should at least le mentioned. sin ce
they make up most of to volume of waste originating free
the pivrn sus. Also not dissmaccd is the MU waste that
has been disposed of in lee-level liquid sites Wt is wt
havers by this EIS. soil sites tlo4m for inclusion in
this EIS wee done m basal on Wu . maomtatim. Inny .
oth¢ sites contain significantly higher inventories of
Ing , hot as not diswssed. How is the long face intact
fun Close situ^, to be andmessN4 Amitf onal discussion
I. soured under each of these proeasas.
3.4 See pmavicua oament.
3.5 FXisting tank waste. IM last sentence of the first
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leragaph in that section says that residual liquids and
sl=ime are contained in 14 new= tans of double shell
mmchv Lion, and that l4 double shelled tanks are
ass igned W future Purer Plant waste storage. Me the 14
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double shelled tanks assipnsd to £urns stoaw the sane
14 Tanks citai in the pervious s entence Q axe they tanke 3.1.4.22
fiat a re sea wwtxuction and/or in the planning
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3.6 See cement on Page 2.2. W Table 3.1, the numb¢ M TRU
wntemlested mil sites isgiven at M. Given the
un nwas In waste disposal and past Hanford pacti ces, Mum 3.1.3. 3
axe the inventories kscwn wall e sc ape to estumta how easy
MU sites these ale? An Exclamation is nestled.
3. 7 Under section 3.2.2, FUtnxe'fnnk Haste. in the second fall
pardgrmph of that section, it says that cladding waste.
eMiM ing in 1935, will M PrOLCS9ed for awitioal lRp
xe ov before being neutxalizn. Since it 1s nw, 1986,
has this prates al ready begun, or is it still plmmei for
fee. future? An update a this parngmph is retied.
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3.8 Under Smtim 3.3.3 1 Shentice eM C ciue Capsules, it
mays that cesium Wald b , empaated met in the implace 3.1.2.4
stabilisation end disposal altenetive for single shelled
tank wastes. llmu is this W be amompllstmed? If it is
described e35ewt¢e in the E . that azes should be
reference d. If sct th en a discussion I. mewed.
3.8 In section 3.2.4, it 1s cited that recetmtly, Classifi estied
for MU waste has been change! fhne tea' na .I. a 31 3.1.3.1 3.1
MU per gram to 100 manaa¢ies IRU pet Dam and the cite-
Tien given is a WE domment. In this choose in classifimtlon
aaceptm industry. vide (including Mvirmmnmrtal
Protection Agency and Nucl ear Regmistmy commission) or is
this purely an internal WE classificati on . A little mote
dsscriptim of that common is neared.
3.9 Section 3.2.5, discusses the disposal of plutonium fn
low-level liquid vats, sites, and says that plutonium 3.1.3.20
centxatiw doeses ^ with depth, and gives a voles a
hantemfnatm mil of 32,00D CUse meters. Has hanslder-
Sims been giv en W flare sites that receive fairly high
ameaKations of acid waste which may have not.
ppIconies off' in the moil, and thus encaltel in a
tiu= volume of antamimatai MU mil. TM questi on a
- diversion boxes and udergmomd waste transfer lines
snstid elm M amr^mad.
3.9 In Section 3.2.6, Pre-19?9 MU Uuried So11d Waste, the
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types of containers are vestio i in the shallow land
burial l the . One of the most irp rt t typne of
container originally used for disposal, mho here mealy
mvexed under tM category a "OHOr containers". w as the
woolen box, which has created a roman an for as co ve-imrs
ere s s¢nm. Hosdm boxes, in particular, shold lave 3.1.3.11
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