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Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)

Table 2-36. Comparison of treatment, storage, and disposal facilities under alternative B and the no-action alternative.

Minimum
Expected
Maximum








No action
STORAGE: Buildings
24 long-lived low-level waste
291 mixed waste
Pads
19 transuranic and alpha waste
Tanks
4 organic waste in S-Area
26 organic waste in E-Area
43 aqueous waste in E-Area
TREATMENT: Continue ongoing and planned waste treatment activities
DISPOSAL:
29 shallow land disposal trenches
10 low-activity waste vaults
5 intermediate-level waste vaults
1 RCRA disposal facility










B

STORAGE: Buildings
7 long-lived low-level waste
39 mixed waste
Pads
2 transuranic and alpha waste
TREATMENT: Same as expected waste forecast, except no non-alpha vitrification facility; modify Consolidated Incineration Facility to accept mixed waste soils and sludges
DISPOSAL:
37 shallow land disposal trenches
1 low-activity waste vault
2 intermediate-level waste vaults
20 RCRA disposal facilities 		STORAGE: Buildings
24 long-lived low-level waste
79 mixed waste
Pads
10 transuranic and alpha waste
TREATMENT: Continue ongoing and planned waste treatment activities; treat limited quantities of mixed and PCB wastes offsite; begin volume reduction of low-activity job-control and equipment waste offsite; begin smelting low-activity equipment waste offsite; operate the Consolidated Incineration Facility for low-level, hazardous, and mixed wastes; construct and operate a low-level waste soil sort facility; construct and operate a mixed waste containment building; construct and operate a non-alpha vitrification facility for mixed waste soils and sludges; construct and operate a transuranic waste characterization/certification facility; construct and operate an alpha vitrification facility
DISPOSAL:
58 shallow land disposal trenches
1 low-activity waste vault
5 intermediate-level waste vaults
21 RCRA disposal facilities 		STORAGE: Buildings
34 long-lived low-level waste
652 mixed waste
Pads
1,168 transuranic and alpha waste
TREATMENT: Same as expected waste forecast, except containment building modified to include wastewater treatment capability to treat spent decontamination solutions; treat its secondary waste at the Consolidated Incineration Facility
DISPOSAL:
371 shallow land disposal trenches
8 low-activity waste vaults
9 intermediate-level waste vaults
96 RCRA disposal facilities



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