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Review of the Continued Analysis of Supplemental Treatment Approaches of Low-Activity Waste at the Hanford Nuclear Reservation Review #3 (2023) / Chapter Skim
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... Finding 3: The FFRDC addressed the possibility of funding shortfalls by establishing a flat annual budget of $450 million and comparing this to the year-by-year funding requirements of SLAW treatment alternatives. Annual surpluses, if any, could be carried over for future use.
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From page 48...
... Specifically, it would be helpful to focus on the significant adverse consequences of grouted SLAW not being acceptable for disposal at IDF or other out-of-state disposal sites. Finding 6: Like the regulatory approval criterion, the FFRDC treated public acceptance as an uncertainty to be considered by the decision makers.
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From page 49...
... Based on the variability of Hanford tank waste compositions the committee would expect significant variability of the liquid SLAW composition in each tanker -- and the specific and total activity of the waste in the tanker. The implications of using monthly averages of pretreated liquid SLAW compositions when dose limits are on a tanker-by-tanker basis are not evident.
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From page 50...
... discussing the possibility that permission to dispose of grouted SLAW at WCS and/or Clive might never occur or someday be withdrawn; (2) discussing what is known about public acceptance regarding potential grouted SLAW disposal in Texas and Utah; and (3)
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From page 51...
... APPENDIX E 51 Finding 17: The FFRDC provided additional analysis of grout for consideration including a number of alternatives described in detail and an examination of SRS's experience with grouting.
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