Mixed waste focus area alternative technologies workshop

Abstract

This report documents the Mixed Waste Focus Area MA)-sponsored Alternative Technology Workshop held in Salt Lake City, Utah from January 24-27, 1995. The primary workshop goal was identifying potential apE ications for emerging technologies within the Options Analysis Team (OAT) "wise" configuration.' The workshop was initiated by Stephen Domotor, Department of Energy (DOE) EM-332, with organizational and technical support from a technology analysis group at Los Alamos National Laboratory. Workshop invitees included members of the MWFA Technology Resource Team, supplemented by two senior waste operations staff from the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) and the Oak Ridge National Laboratory K-25 Plant. Consistent with the scope of the O h I analysis, the review was limited to the Mixed Low-Level Waste (MLLW) fraction of DOE'S mixed waste inventory. The Los Alamos team prepared workshop materials (databases and compilations) to be used as bases for participant review and recommendations. These materials derived from the Mixed Waste Inventory Report (MWlR)2 data base (May 1994), the Draft Site Treatment Plan (DSTP)3 data base, and the OAT treatment facility configuration of December 7,1994. In reviewing workshop results, the reader should note several caveats regarding data limitations. Link-up of the MWIR and DSTP data bases, while representing the most comprehensive array of mixed waste information available at the time of the workshop, requires additional data to completely characterize all waste streams. A number of changes in waste identification (new and redefined streams) occurred during the interval from compilation of the MWlR data base to compilation of the DSTP data base with the end result that precise identification of radiological and contaminant characteristics was not possible for these streams. To a degree, these shortcomings compromise the workshop results; however, the preponderance of waste data was linked adequately, and therefore, these analyses should provide useful insight into potential applications of alternative technologies to DOE MLLW treatment facilities. Additional information regarding the identified alternative technologies may be obtained from the workshop sponsor, Stephen Domotor; Dirk Gombert of the Mixed Waste Lead Organization; or the workshop report authors. Detailed contact information for these individuals is included in Appendix C of this report. Additional reference materials, including the Technical Area Status Reports and the Technology Summaries, also known as the "rainbow books,'4 are available through the Mixed Waste Lead Organization.

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