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Re: Sludge Barrel Ruptures at Idaho Nuclear Site
« Reply #1 on: Apr 14, 2018, 07:41 »
Was this really metal drummed 30 year old rocky flats or actually some other more recent INL process waste?  The likelihood of a solvent containing drum drum with sludge not being in an overpack or drum-transferred seems highly unlikely.

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Re: Sludge Barrel Ruptures at Idaho Nuclear Site
« Reply #2 on: Apr 14, 2018, 10:19 »
More like 50-60 year old Rocky Flats waste.  Most of the drums had a 5 mil polyethylene liner inside.    A history of RWMC....

https://inldigitallibrary.inl.gov/PRR/148429.pdf
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Re: Sludge Barrel Ruptures at Idaho Nuclear Site
« Reply #3 on: Apr 15, 2018, 09:00 »
Interesting - thanks.  The liners don't last forever and I'm not a waste expert.  I wonder what the change-out schedule is.

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Re: Sludge Barrel Ruptures at Idaho Nuclear Site
« Reply #4 on: Apr 15, 2018, 12:38 »

....I wonder what the change-out schedule is.



apparently, not often enough,...


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Re: Sludge Barrel Ruptures at Idaho Nuclear Site
« Reply #5 on: Apr 16, 2018, 03:38 »
the biggest problem is that no really knows everything that is in the drums.  easy to be surprised under those conditions.
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Re: Sludge Barrel Ruptures at Idaho Nuclear Site
« Reply #6 on: Apr 17, 2018, 07:38 »
SWIMSDWI. Stop-Warn-Isolate-Minimize-Secure-Deal-With-It. Look on the bright side - if it was fissionable/fissile material, it is currently not in a critical geometry.
« Last Edit: Apr 17, 2018, 07:44 by fiveeleven »

 


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