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Table 2-20. Treatability groups and the proposed management facilities for each alternative.^a

Treatment, storage, and disposal facility^b,c
		Vault disposal	Shallow land disposal	Storage	Compaction; Offsite vendord	Non-alpha vitrification	Incineration
Waste	Categories	Alternative	Alternative	Alternative	Alternative	Alternative	Alternative
Low-level	Long-lived			AB C
Low-level	Spent deionizers			AB C
Low-level	Tritiated equipment	AB				C
Low-level	Tritiated job-control waste	AB				C	B
Low-level	Tritiated soil	AB				C
Low-level	Naval hardware		A B C
Low-level	Low-activity equipment	AB C			B
Low-level	Offsite job-control waste	AB				C
Low-level	Low-activity job-control waste	AB			AB	C	B
Low-level	Intermediate-activity job-control waste	AB				C
Low-level	Suspect soil	B	A B			C
Low-level	Low-activity soil	AB	B			C
Transuranic/ Alpha	Alpha job-control waste	AB					C
Mixed waste	Glass debris					C
Mixed waste	Heterogeneous debris					C	B
Mixed waste	Lead					C
Mixed waste	Inorganic debris					C	B
Mixed waste	Organic debris					C	B
Mixed waste	Mixed waste needing size reduction					C	AB
Mixed waste	DWPFe benzene					C	AB
Mixed waste	Organic liquid					C	AB
Mixed waste	Radioactive oil					C	AB
Mixed waste	PUREXf solvents					C	AB
Mixed waste	Paint wastes					C	AB
Mixed waste	Composite filters					C	AB
Mixed waste	Aqueous liquids					C	AB
Mixed waste	Soils					B C	A
Mixed waste	Organic sludge					B C	A
Mixed waste	Inorganic sludge					B C	A
Mixed waste	Mercury- contaminated materials					C
Mixed waste	Tritiated oil			AB C
Hazardous waste	Composite filters					C	AB
Hazardous waste	Paint wastes					C	AB
Hazardous waste	Organic liquids					C	AB
Hazardous waste	Aqueous liquids					C	AB
Hazardous waste	Inorganic debris					C	B
Hazardous waste	Heterogeneous debris					C	B
Hazardous waste	Glass debris					C
Hazardous waste	Organic sludges					C	B
Hazardous waste	Inorganic sludges					C	B
Hazardous waste	Soils					C
Hazardous waste	Organic debris					C	B

Table 2-20. (continued).

Treatment, storage, and disposal facilityg

		WIPP disposalh	Alpha vitrification	Smelting	Containmen t Building	M-Area vendor	Offsite treatment	RCRAi disposal
Waste	Categories	Alternative	Alternative	Alternative	Alternative	Alternative	Alternative	Alternative
Low-level	Low-activity equipment			B C
Transuranic/ Alpha	Alpha job-control waste		C
Transuranic/ Alpha	Mixed alpha job- control waste		B C					A B
Transuranic	<0.5 curie TRUj job-control waste	A B	B C
Transuranic	<0.5 curie mixed TRU job- control waste	A B	B C
Transuranic	>0.5 curie TRU job-control waste	A B	B C
Transuranic	>0.5 curie mixed TRU job- control waste	A B	B C
Transuranic	TRU equipment	A B	B C
Transuranic	TRU equipment, mixed	A B	B C
Transuranic	Remote and mixed remote TRU	A B	B C
Mixed waste	Glass debris				AB
Mixed waste	Metal debris				AB C
Mixed waste	Bulk				AB C
Mixed waste	Lead				AB		AB C
Mixed waste	Heterogeneous debris				AB
Mixed waste	Inorganic debris				AB
Mixed waste	Organic debris				AB
Mixed waste	Composite filters				A
Mixed waste	PCBs						AB C
Mixed waste	Elemental mercury				C		AB
Mixed waste	Waste site soil					AB C
Mixed waste	Uranium/chromium					AB C
Mixed waste	M-Area waste					AB C
Mixed waste	Silver saddles							A B C
Mixed waste	Gold traps							A B C
Mixed waste	Safety/control rods							A B C
Mixed waste	ITPk Filters							A B C
Mixed waste	Process equipment							A B C
Hazardous waste	PCBs						AB C
Hazardous waste	Inorganic debris						AB
Hazardous waste	Heterogeneous debris						AB
Hazardous waste	Metal debris				C		AB
Hazardous waste	Bulk equipment				C		AB
Hazardous waste	Glass debris						AB
Hazardous waste	Organic sludges						A

Table 2-20. (continued).

Treatment, storage, and disposal facilityg

		WIPP disposalh	Alpha vitrification	Smelting	Containment Building	M-Area vendor	Offsite treatment	RCRAi disposal
Waste	Categories	Alternative	Alternative	Alternative	Alternative	Alternativ e	Alternative	Alternative
Hazardous waste	Inorganic sludges						A
Hazardous waste	Soils						AB
Hazardous waste	Organic debris						AB
Hazardous waste	Lead				C		AB

a.Source: Hess (1994e, 1995d).

b.Storage includes wastes stored for radioactive decay and wastes stored pending further analysis to determine their ultimate disposition.

c.Disposal includes wastes sent directly to a disposal unit without treatment.

d."Compaction" refers to the use of the existing onsite compactors under alternative A for low-activity job-control waste. "Offsite vendor" refers to those technologies to be used under alternative B for low-activity job-control and equipment wastes as a result of the request for proposal for low-level waste volume reduction. For purposes of analysis in the EIS, these technologies are assumed to include supercompaction, size reduction/repackaging, incineration/supercompaction, and metal melt/supercompaction.

e.Defense Waste Processing Facility.

f.Plutonium-uranium extraction.

g.Note change in header to show different waste treatment, storage, and disposal processes from first page.

h.Waste Isolation Pilot Plant.

i.Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

j.Transuranic.

k.In-Tank Precipitation.

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