[en] Statewide siting studies, site-selection, site characterization and receipt of a construction permit for the Palo Verde Project were accomplished in 50 months. This achievement was made possible by (1) providing experienced project management leadership by the licensee, (2) retaining an attorney experienced with Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) licensing, (3) developing a strategy for decision-making and licensing that was responsive to the needs of the NRC, (4) selecting a qualified investigative team of contractors and subcontractors, and (5) installing an architect/engineer to manage the contractors and provide independent review. A similar approach, applied to a high-level radioactive-waste repository program, should contribute to comparable licensing success

[en] TROD (Tethered Remote Operating Device) was developed to clear up a flooded radwaste area at Nine Mile Point 1 in the United States. It is a master-slave system capable of desludging waste barrels, removing floor deposits, washing walls and floors, transporting waste barrels and performing small-scale demolitions. Managers at Nine Mile Point estimate it saved them around 118 man-rem. (author)

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[en] This OTP shall verify and document that the monitor and control system comprised of PICS SALW-6001B PLC, 242S PLC, Operator Control Station, and communication network is functioning per operational requirements

[en] This report summarizes the process test in which the airlift circulators in Tank 241-AZ-101 were shutdown. The test was successful, in that no extreme temperature excursions occurred. Only general data was obtianed through the use of a gamma energy probe

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[en] During years of Hanford process history, large quantities of complexants used in waste management operations as well as an unknown quantity of degradation products of the solvents used in fuel reprocessing and metal recovery were added to man of the 149 single-shell tanks. These waste tanks also contain a presumed stoichiometric excess of sodium nitrate/nitrite oxidizers, sufficient to exothermically oxidize the organic compounds if suitably initiated. This DQO identifies the questions that must be answered to appropriately disposition organic watchlist tanks, identifies a strategy to deal with false positive or negative judgements associated with analytical uncertainty, and list the analytes of concern to support dealing with organic watchlist concerns. Uncertainties associated with both assay limitations and matrix effects complicate selection of analytes. This results in requiring at least two independent measures of potential fuel reactivity

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[en] The Waste Characterization, Reduction, and Repackaging Facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory is a flexible, nonreactor nuclear facility that is being applied to tasks much broader than the original design intent