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Sludge Barrel Ruptures at Idaho Nuclear Site

Started by Marlin, Apr 14, 2018, 02:45

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Marlin

Apr 14, 2018, 02:45

Mounder

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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.

61nomad

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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

Mounder

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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.

GLW

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Apr 15, 2018, 12:38
Quote from: Mounder on Apr 15, 2018, 09:00

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



apparently, not often enough,...


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been there, dun that,... the doormat to hell does not read "welcome", the doormat to hell reads "it's just business"

shehane

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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.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be! Dirk Gently

fiveeleven

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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.
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