Federal Register

Federal Register
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Total Pages: 1172
Release: 1996-03-22
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West Valley Demonstration Project, Waste Management Area #3 -- Closure Alternative I.

West Valley Demonstration Project, Waste Management Area #3 -- Closure Alternative I.
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The Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the completion of the West Valley Demonstration Project and closure and/or long-term management of facilities at the Western New York Nuclear Service Center divided the site into Waste Management Areas (WMAs), and for each WMA, presented the impacts associated with five potential closure alternatives. This report focuses on WMA 3 (the High-Level Waste (HLW) Storage Area (Tanks 8D-1 and 8D-2), the Vitrification Facility and other facilities) and closure Alternative I (the complete removal of all structures, systems and components and the release of the area for unrestricted use), and reestimates the impacts associated with the complete removal of the HLW tanks, and surrounding facilities. A 32-step approach was developed for the complete removal of Tanks 8D-1 and 8D-2, the Supernatant Treatment System Support Building, and the Transfer Trench. First, a shielded Confinement Structure would be constructed to reduce the shine dose rate and to control radioactivity releases. Similarly, the tank heels would be stabilized to reduce potential radiation exposures. Next, the tank removal methodology would include: 1) excavation of the vault cover soil, 2) removal of the vault roof, 3) cutting off the tank's top, 4) removal of the stabilized heel remaining inside the tank, 5) cutting up the tank's walls and floor, 6) removal of the vault's walls, the perlite blocks, and vault floor, and 7) radiation surveying and backfilling the resulting hole. After the tanks are removed, the Confinement Structure would be decontaminated and dismantled, and the site backfilled and landscaped. The impacts (including waste disposal quantities, emissions, work-effort, radiation exposures, injuries and fatalities, consumable materials used, and costs) were estimated based on this 32 step removal methodology, and added to the previously estimated impacts for closure of the other facilities within WMA 3 to obtain the total impacts from implementing Alternative I at WMA 3.

Request for Proposal for the Management, Operation, and Maintenance of the Western New York Nuclear Service Center at West Valley, New York and Other Activities for the West Valley Demonstration Project

Request for Proposal for the Management, Operation, and Maintenance of the Western New York Nuclear Service Center at West Valley, New York and Other Activities for the West Valley Demonstration Project
Author: United States. Department of Energy. Chicago Operations Office
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Total Pages: 529
Release: 1981
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Public Meeting

Public Meeting
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Release: 1978
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This document is a transcript of the meeting, with additional written comments. The main topic is the West Valley Processing Plant and how to dispose of it and its high-level wastes. Objective is to get public input on this topic. (DLC).

West Valley Demonstration Project

West Valley Demonstration Project
Author: United States. Department of Energy. West Valley Project Office
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Total Pages: 154
Release: 1990
Genre: Hazardous waste treatment facilities
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