Review of the Continued Analysis of the Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation Review #1 (2022) / Chapter Skim
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2 Corrections were made on pages 2, 4, and 5 following release to the sponsor to update information on recent activities at the waste disposal site and treatment plant. 3 To access all these documents and presentations from the public meetings, please go to nationalacademies.org and enter the search terms "Review of the Continued Analysis of Supplemental Treatment of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation." This search will show the hyperlinks to the public meetings and provide access to the recordings of the events as well as the FFRDC draft documents and other presentations.
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Importantly, the committee notes that the evaluations of treatment options for the SLAW include more than just the processing of the liquid LAW retrieved from the tanks by dissolving the semi-solid and solid wastes. The objective of the SLAW treatment is to ensure that the solidified wastes can be permanently disposed of in a near-surface land disposal site.
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(2) Having the forthcoming FFRDC report address the risks associated with these potential leaking tanks as quantitatively as possible as well as potential structural failure of the tanks in a clear manner such that the decisionmakers will understand the magnitude of the problem and the potential risk and increased costs of the cleanup if waste retrieval is delayed until additional tank failures occur.
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