NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT AND TRANSPORTATION QUARTERLY PROGRESS REPORT, JANUARY--MARCH 1976

Progress is reported in the following areas: Alternative waste management systems; decontamination and densification of chop-leach cladding residues; tritium separation and fixation; disposition of retired contaminated facilities at Hanford; transportation safety studies; transport problems, 1976-2000; safety and economic study of special trains; and development of high-level waste shipping cask models. (ERA citation 02:009240)

• Corporate Authors:

  Batelle Memorial Institute/Pacific Northwest Labs

  Battelle Boulevard, P.O. Box 999
  Richland, WA  United States  99352

  Energy Research and Development Administration

  20 Massachusetts Avenue, NW
  Washington, DC  United States  20590
• Authors:
  • Platt, A M
• Publication Date: 1976-6

Media Info

• Pagination: 62 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Casks; Contaminants; Economics; Freight handling; Hazardous materials; Mineral deposits; Packaging; Radioactive materials; Radioactive materials; Radioactive waste disposal; Radioactive wastes; Railroad trains; Research projects; Risk analysis; Safety; Traffic; Tritium; Waste management; Wastes
• Uncontrolled Terms: Decontamination; Fuel cycle; Research programs
• Old TRIS Terms: Battelle pacific northwest laboratories; Geologic deposits; Radionuclide migration; Special handling; Waste transportation
• Subject Areas: Economics; Environment; Freight Transportation; Geotechnology; Operations and Traffic Management; Railroads; Research; Safety and Human Factors; Vehicles and Equipment;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00154552
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Contract Numbers: E(45-1)-1830
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: May 31 1977 12:00AM