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WHC-SD-W100-TI-003 Rev. 0
contaminated with hazardous chemicals and are radioactive. Such debris could
result from cleanup or construction work performed'`in contaminated areas. It
is assumed that these wastes will have low levels of contamination and would
be easily size reduced for compatibility with immobilization. Much of this
waste will need to be dealt with on a case-by-case basis as it is generated in
rela ively small quantities from various sources. This waste will add about
59 m^ (2,100 ft3) each year of throughput to the WRAP 2A Facility.
1.2.4 Feedstream 4: Noncompactible Solids
Noncompactible solids will come from similar sources as compactible
solids but will consist of hard debris, such als metal piping, ng, brick, concrete
or glass. It will account for as much as 34 m (1,200 ft ) each year of
throughput to WRAP 2A.
1.2.5 Feedstream 5: Metals
:-, This feedstream has been subgrouped into three categories. It consists
of both currently stored and future generated wastes that contain metals that
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immobilization process. These are generally small volume waste streams that
will not be treated in the main process line at WRAP 2A. The subcategories
are discussed in the following sections.
1.2.5.1 Mercury/Mercury Contaminated Solids. This waste consists of
elemental mercury and bulk contaminated solid wastes, such as fluorescent
light bulbs, laboratory thermometers, manometers, and mercury absorbents.
Elemental mercury will be treated in accordance with Best Demonstrated
Achievable Technology (BDAT), which requires amalgamation. Bulk contaminated
solids will be shredded and residual mercury metal removed as required by
BDAT.
1.2.5.2 Reactive Metals. This stream contains zirconium and beryllium, which
are easily ignited or oxidized in air if the particle size is fine enough and
an ignition source is available. It is assumed that 50 wt% of the total
incoming feedstream must be deactivated by pretreatment before encapsulation;
the rest will require no pretreatment before encapsulation. No distinction is
made between zirconium or beryllium metals for treatment requirements. It is
assumed that no other reactive metals, such as sodium, potassium, or calcium,
are present in this feedstream. These react_ive metals would require entirely
different treatment techniques because of their reactive properties.
___L 2.5_3__Lead/Lead_Contaminated-Sol!ds.Th-ts-feedstream consists of le'ad
and lead contaminated bulk solids. Elemental lead will be treated in
accordance with BDAT, which requires macroencapsulation. Bulk contaminated
solids will_beshredded befnre encansulatinn
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