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Determination of Reportable Radionuclides for Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) Sludge Batch 10 (Macrobatch 12)

Hunter, Seth C.·Diprete, David D.
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Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) was tasked with the radionuclide characterization of the Sludge Batch 10 (SB10) Tank 40 sample (HTF-40-23-24) in accordance with requirements for reporting the Waste Acceptance Product Specifications (WAPS). The Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) is required to report all radionuclides with half-lives greater than ten years and which comprise greater than 0.05% of the total activity inventory for a given waste form at certain specified “index years”. DWPF complies with the requirements by considering the half-life requirement (t1/2 > 10 years) and radionuclides with concentrations greater than 0.01% of the total inventory from the approximate time of production through 1,100 years.

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Hunter, Seth C., Diprete, David D.. 2024-10-01. Determination of Reportable Radionuclides for Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) Sludge Batch 10 (Macrobatch 12). https://doi.org/10.2172/2477578

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