OSTI Document ID 201731
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Title Final environmental assessment: TRU waste drum staging building, Technical Area 55, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Publication Date 1996 Feb 09
Description/
Abstract
Much of the US Department of Energy`s (DOE`s) research on plutonium metallurgy and plutonium processing is performed at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), in Los Alamos, New Mexico. LANL`s main facility for plutonium research is the Plutonium Facility, also referred to as Technical Area 55 (TA-55). The main laboratory building for plutonium work within the Plutonium Facility (TA-55) is the Plutonium Facility Building 4, or PF-4. This Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzes the potential environmental effects that would be expected to occur if DOE were to stage sealed containers of transuranic (TRU) and TRU mixed waste in a support building at the Plutonium Facility (TA-55) that is adjacent to PF-4. At present, the waste containers are staged in the basement of PF-4. The proposed project is to convert an existing support structure (Building 185), a prefabricated metal building on a concrete foundation, and operate it as a temporary staging facility for sealed containers of solid TRU and TRU mixed waste. The TRU and TRU mixed wastes would be contained in sealed 55-gallon drums and standard waste boxes as they await approval to be transported to TA-54. The containers would then be transported to a longer term TRU waste storage area at TA-54. The TRU wastes are generated from plutonium operations carried out in PF-4. The drum staging building would also be used to store and prepare for use new, empty TRU waste containers.
OSTI ID 201731
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Other ID Numbers ON: DE96007369; NC: NONE
Document Type Technical Report
Research Organization USDOE Los Alamos Area Office, NM (United States)
Sponsor Organization USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
Bibliographic Source OSTI
Country United States
Language English
Pages/Size 43 p.
System Entry Date 1996 Apr 01
Subject Category Code 05 NUCLEAR FUELS
Descriptors LANL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; SITE SELECTION; ALPHA-BEARING WASTES; DATA; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
Format Other: PL:
Availability INIS ; OSTI as DE96007369
Notes PBD: 9 Feb 1996
Reference Numbers SCA: 053001;052002; PA: NTS-96:011351;EDB-96:058272;INS-96:008502; SN: 96001549146; TVI: 96R06; TRN: AHC29606%%44