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Table 5.1-5. Low-level volumes and shipments by generator sitea, Alternative 1






Generator Site


Waste

Type

10-year Volume Number of Shipmentsd


(m3)b
(yd3)c
Aberdeen Proving Ground LLWe 790 1,033 21
Energy Technology Engineering Center LLW 614 803 6
Fernald Environmental Management Project LLW 84,177 110,099 2,213
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory LLW 1,928 2,522 51
Inhalation Toxicology Research Institute LLW 344 450 9
Mound LLW 60,027 78,512 1,578
Nevada Test Site (WM)f LLW 500 654 20
(ER)g LLW 115,000 150,414 8,800
Oak Ridge National Laboratory LLW 26,607 34,801 699
Pantex Plant LLW 769 1,006 20
RMI Extrusion Plant LLW 5,528 7,230 146
Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site LLW 14,000 18,311 2,000
Tonopah to NTS LLW 35,191 46,028 2,707
Sandia National Laboratories, CA LLW 219 286 6
Sandia National Laboratories, NM LLW 3,600 4,709 9
Totalh 349,294 456,858 18,285
a All volumes are derived from the 1994 Integrated Data Base and the Waste Management Programmatic EIS inventory projections

b Cubic meter

c Cubic yard

d Assumes an average of 12 containers per shipment

e LLW = Low-level waste

f Waste Management Program operations

g Environmental Restoration Program operations

h Includes internally generated waste for WM and ER.

Source: 1994 Integrated Data Base (DOE, 1995a) and the Waste Management Programmatic EIS (DOE, 1995b).



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