Sludge Barrel Ruptures at Idaho Nuclear Site

[Marlin]

Sludge Barrel Ruptures at Idaho Nuclear Site


https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a19758854/sludge-barrel-ruptures-at-idaho-nuclear-site/

[Mounder]

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.

[61nomad]

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

[Mounder]

Interesting - thanks.  The liners don't last forever and I'm not a waste expert.  I wonder what the change-out schedule is.

[GLW]

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

apparently, not often enough,...

[shehane]

the biggest problem is that no really knows everything that is in the drums.  easy to be surprised under those conditions.

[fiveeleven]

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.