Accelerated clean-up at the Hanford Site [electronic resource].

Published: Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1994.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
Physical Description: 7 pages : digital, PDF file
Additional Creators: Westinghouse Electric Corporation, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information

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The Hanford Site began operations in 1943 as one of the sites for plutonium production associated with the Manhattan Project. It has been used, in part, for nuclear reactor operation, reprocessing of spent fuel, and management of radioactive waste. The Hanford Site covers approximately 1,434 km² (560 mi²2) in southeastern Washington State. The subject of this paper, the 618-9 Burial Ground, is located on the Hanford Site approximately 1.6 km (1 mi) west of the Columbia River, and a few miles north of Richland, Washington. Throughout Hanford Site history, prior to legislation regarding disposal of chemical waste products, some chemical waste byproducts were disposed ,ia burial in trenches. One such trench was the 618-9 Burial Ground. This burial ground was suspected to contain approximately 19,000 L (5,000 gal) of uranium-contaminated organic solvent, disposed in standard 55-gal (208-L) metal drums. The waste was produced from research and development activities related to fuel reprocessing.

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E 1.99:whc-sa--1455
E 1.99: conf-920307--103
conf-920307--103
whc-sa--1455

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Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1994.
"whc-sa--1455"
" conf-920307--103"
"DE94017416"
"35AF11201/35AF11202"
Waste management `92,Tucson, AZ (United States),1-5 Mar 1992.
Johnson, W.L.; Frain, J.M.

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AC06-87RL10930

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