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GAO: Grouting Hanford tank waste could cost more than $1.1B
Workers move a container of treated tank waste as part of Hanford’s Test Bed Initiative to grout around 2,000 gallons of LAW for off-site disposal. (Photo: DOE)
Grouting Hanford’s low-level radioactive liquid tank waste could cost between $480 million and $1.1 billion, according to a report by the Government Accountability Office, which has repeatedly found that grouting (immobilizing waste in a concrete-like mixture) can accelerate cleanup at the Hanford Site and save billions of dollars when compared to mixing the waste with molten glass through the vitrification process.
The Consortium for Advanced Simulation of Light Water Reactors Virtual Meeting
Technical Session|Sponsored by Physics Integration
Tuesday, November 17, 2020|2:40–4:20PM EST|3
Session Chair:
Ross Bartlett (Sandia)
Alternate Chair:
Scott Palmtag (NCSU)
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Staff Producer:
Chase Lawing (NC State Univ.)
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Development of the VERA Quality Assurance Program
Scott P. Palmtag (North Carolina State University), Lori Moore (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), David J. Kropaczek (Oak Ridge National Laboratory)
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Componentized hieratical build and test infrastructure and processes for CASL VERA
Roscoe A. Bartlett (Sandia National Labs)
Capabilities of VERA Version 4
Benjamin S. Collins (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Scott P. Palmtag (North Carolina State University), Andrew Godfrey (Oak Ridge National Laboratory), Thomas J. Downar (University of Michigan), Kevin T. Clarno (University of Texas at Austin)