QUALIFICATION OF THREE ON-LINE SLURRY MONITORING DEVICES FOR APPLICATION DURING WASTE RETRIEVAL OPERATIONS AT DOE SITES

Millions of gallons of radioactive liquid and sludge wastes must be retrieved from underground storage tanks at the U.S. Department of Energy sites to be staged and transferred to treatment facilities and processed into final waste forms. Retrieval operations involve mixing solid and liquid wastes to create slurries that can be transported via underground pipelines to specified locations for treatment or disposal. A major concern during the transfer operations is plugging of the transfer lines. Blocked transfer lines could significantly escalate the remediation costs both in terms of pipeline replacement costs and costs of maintenance of inactive facilities and operating personnel.

• Record URL:
  https://ntlrepository.blob.core.windows.net/lib/14000/14800/14814/DE2001765373.pdf
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• Corporate Authors:

  Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

  3180 George Washington Way
  Richland, WA  United States  99354

  Department of Energy

  1000 Independence Avenue, SW
  Washington, DC  United States  20585
• Authors:
  • Bontha, J R
  • Bamberger, J A
  • Hylton, T D
  • May, T H
• Publication Date: 2000

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 93 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Cost effectiveness; Liquids; Maintenance; Monitoring; Operations; Pipelines; Slurry; Solid waste disposal; Underground structures; Waste disposal; Waste disposal facilities
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Bridges and other structures; Design; Maintenance and Preservation; Pipelines; Terminals and Facilities;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00972770
• Record Type: Publication
• Report/Paper Numbers: PNNL-13358
• Contract Numbers: AC06-76RL01830
• Files: NTL, TRIS
• Created Date: Apr 16 2004 12:00AM