Table 2-15 . Potential and reasonable technologies for managing low-level waste.a
| Offsite job-control waste | Low-activity job-control waste | Intermediate-activity job-control waste | |||
| Potential | Reasonableb | Potential | Reasonable | Potential | Reasonable |
| Acid/base digestion Cementation Compaction Supercompaction Microwave Plasma torch Incineration Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Smelting Vault disposal Vitrification Washing |
Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) (1)
Vault disposal (2) |
Acid/base digestion Cementation Compaction Supercompaction Microwave Plasma torch Incineration Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Smelting Vault disposal Vitrification Washing |
Cementation (3)
Supercompaction (4) Incineration (5) Vitrification (6) Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Vault disposal |
Acid/base digestion
Cementation Compaction Supercompaction Microwave Plasma torch Incineration Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Smelting Vault disposal Vitrification Washing |
Cementation
Supercompaction Incineration Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Vault disposal Vitrification |
| Long-lived spent deionizer waste | Other long-lived waste | Tritiated job-control waste | |||
| Potential | Reasonable | Potential | Reasonable | Potential | Reasonable |
| Cementation
Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Storage Vault disposal Vitrification |
Cementation
Storage (7) |
Cementation
Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Storage Vault disposal Vitrification |
Cementation
Storage Vitrification |
Acid/base digestion
Cementation Compaction Supercompaction Microwave Plasma torch Incineration Shallow land disposalc Smelting Vault disposal Vitrification Washing |
Cementation
Supercompaction Incineration Shallow land disposal Vault disposal Vitrification |
Table 2-15. (continued).
| Suspect soil | Low-activity soil | Tritiated soil | |||
| Potential | Reasonable | Potential | Reasonable | Potential | Reasonable |
| Cementation
Repackage/Containerize Soil washing Shallow land disposal Vault disposal Vitrification |
Cementation
Soil washing (8) Shallow land disposal Vault disposal |
Cementation
Repackage/Containerize Soil washing Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Vault disposal Vitrification |
Cementation
Soil washing Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Vault disposal Vitrification |
Cementation
Incineration Repackage/Containerize Soil washing Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Storage/venting Vault disposal Vitrification |
Cementation
Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Vault disposal |
| Tritiated equipment | Naval hardware | Low-activity equipment | |||
| Potential | Reasonable | Potential | Reasonable | Potential | Reasonable |
| Cementation
Supercompaction Plasma torch Recycle Repackage/Containerize Shredding/size reduction Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Smelting Storage Vault disposal |
Supercompaction
Shred/size reduction/cementation (9) Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Vault disposal |
Cementation
Decontamination Repackage/Containerize Shredding/size reduction Shallow land disposal Smelting Storage Vault disposal |
Shallow land disposal
Vault disposal |
Cementation Decontamination Supercompaction Repackage/Containerize Size reduction Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Smelting Storage Vault disposal |
Cementation
Supercompaction Smelting (10) Shallow land disposal (after stabilization) Vault disposal |
a. Source: WSRC (1994k).
b. Numbers in parentheses show the 10
reasonable technologies chosen.
c. Indicates shallow land disposal without
prior stabilization of waste.
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