Estimated Waste Generation for Proposed EIS

Released : March 01 2005

Estimated Waste Generation and Disposition for the
Proposed Consolidation EIS Action
Preferred Alternative – Consolidation at INL
Type of Waste Annual Production
Rate
Fraction of Annual
INL Production
35-year Proposed
Action Total
Disposition
Transuranic Radioactive 34 drums 0.35% of current TRU
inventory/production
1,190 drums Certify and dispose of at
WIPP
Liquid low-level
Radioactive
144 drums 0.23% 5,040 drums Grout, certify, and dispose
of at NTS or commercially
Solid low- level
radioactive
168 drums 0.093% 5,880 drums Certify and dispose of at
NTS or commercially
Mixed low- level
radioactive
24 drums 0.077% 840 drums Treat (as required), certify,
and dispose of at WIPP,
NTS, or commercially
Hazardous waste 1,104 drums 38,640 drums Dispose of commercially
Non-hazardous Solid 715 drums 0.31% of INL Nonhazardous
Landfill
25,025 drums INL non-hazardous landfill
Non-hazardous process
wastewater
112 drums 0.14% of INL
Percolation Pond
3,920 drums INL percolation pond
Non-hazardous Sanitary
Wastewater (i.e.,
Sewage)
1680 drums 0.00052% of INL
Sewage Treatment
Plant Capacity
58,800 drums INL Sewage Treatment
Plant

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