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Table 2-1. Remediate Tank Waste Requirements Allocation Table.
Table 2-2. Manage Tank Waste Requirements Allocation Table.
Table 2-3. Process Waste Requirements Allocation Table.
Table 2-4. Manage System Generated Waste and Excess Facilities Requirements Allocation Table.
Table 3-1. Data Subject Area/Definition/Data System/Function Associations.
Table 3-3. Data Management Concerns/Constraints.
Table 4-1. Tank Waste Remediation System Fiscal Year 1995 and Outyear Implementation Activities.
| ADS | Activity Data Sheet |
| ALARA | As Low As Reasonably Achievable |
| ASTM | American Society for Testing and Materials |
| BAT | Best Available Technology |
| BCSR | Boeing Computer Services, Richland |
| CADD | computer-aided design and drafting |
| CAPS | Cost Account Plans |
| CASS | Computer Automated Surveillance System |
| CCB | Configuration Control Board |
| CDM | Contracts Data Management and Integration |
| CWC | Central Waste Complex |
| D&D | Decontamination and Decommissioning |
| DACS | Data Acquisition and Control System |
| DMP | Data Management Plan |
| DNFSB | Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board |
| DOE | U.S. Department of Energy |
| DOT | U.S. Department of Transportation |
| DQO | Data Quality Objectives |
| DST | double-shell tanks |
| Ecology | Washington State Department of Ecology |
| EIS | environmental impact statement |
| EM | Environmental Management |
| EPA | Environmental Protection Act |
| ER | Environmental Restoration |
| ESH&Q | Environmental, Safety, Health, and Quality Assurance |
| FDS | Financial Data System |
| FSAR | Final Safety Analysis Report |
| FT-IR | Fourier Transform infrared |
| FY | fiscal year |
| G&A | general and administrative |
| GMS | gas monitoring system |
| HDAT | Handheld Data Acquisition for Tank Farms |
| HEIS | Hanford Environmental Information System |
| HLW | High-Level Waste |
| HQ | DOE, Headquarters |
| HWVP | Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant |
| ICRP | International Commission on Radiological Protection |
| IDMMS | Integrated Dynamic Modeling and Management System |
| IHLW | Immobilized High-Level Waste |
| ILLW | Immobilized Low-Level Waste |
| IRM | information resource management |
| ISD | Information System Definition |
| ITRU | Immobilized Transuranic Waste |
| LAN | local area network |
| LIMS | Laboratory Information Management Systems |
| LLW | Low-Level Waste |
| MEL | Master Equipment List |
| MIT | multi-functional instrument tree |
| MSGW&EF | Manage System Generated Waste and Excess Facilities |
| MTW | Manage Tank Waste |
| MUST | Miscelleneous Underground Storage Tanks |
| MYPP | Multi-Year Program Plan |
| NCRP | National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements |
| NOAS | Noxious Odor Advisory System |
| NRC | Nuclear Regulatory Commission |
| OCRWM | Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management |
| OSHA | Occupational Safety and Health Administration |
| OSR | operational safety requirements |
| P&ID | process and instrumentation diagram |
| PA | Performance Assessment |
| PCM1B | Personnel Contamination Monitor 1B |
| PNL | Pacific Northwest Laboratory |
| PSA | Performance Safety Assessment |
| PSAR | Preliminary Safety Analysis Report |
| PW | process waste |
| QA | Quality Assurance |
| QARD | Quality Assurance Requirements and Description |
| RCRA | Resource Conservation and Recovery Act |
| RIDS | Records Inventory Disposition Schedule |
| RL | DOE, Richland Operations Office |
| RMACS | Requirements Management and Assured Compliance System |
| RMW | radioactive mixed waste |
| RTW | remediate tank waste |
| S/RIDs | Standards/Requirements Identification Documents |
| SACS | Surveillance Analysis Computer System |
| SAP | safety alternative process |
| SE | Systems Engineering |
| SME | subject matter experts |
| SMS | Site Management System |
| SNF | spent nuclear fuel |
| SRD | system requirements document |
| SST | single-shell tanks |
| TBD | to be determined |
| TCD | Tank Characterization Database |
| TCP | Tank Characterization Plan |
| TCR | Tank Characterization Reports |
| TMACS | Tank Monitor and Control System |
| Tri-Party Agreement | Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order |
| TRU | transuranic |
| TWAP | Tank Waste Analysis Plan |
| TWINS | Tank Waste Information Network System |
| TWRS | Tank Waste Remediation System |
| WA | Waste Analysis |
| WAC | Washington Administrative Code |
| WBS | Work Breakdown Structure |
| WCP | Waste Form Compliance Plan |
| WHC | Westinghouse Hanford Company |
| WIPP | Waste Isolation Pilot Plant |
| WQR | Waste Form Qualification Report |
| WTS | Waste Tank Safety |
The Tank Waste Remediation System (TWRS) Program was established as a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Major System Acquisition in 1993. The TWRS Program mission is to "store, treat, and immobilize highly radioactive Hanford waste<1> in an environmentally sound, safe, and cost-effective<2> manner."
The TWRS Program comprises one quarter of the Hanford fiscal year (FY) 1995 budget. Because of its size, a high-level perspective was taken to address TWRS data management direction. The primary mission, or goal, of the TWRS Program is to minimize environmental, safety, and health risks associated with existing tank waste, future tank waste, plus strontium and cesium capsules, with the reduction of safety risk given the highest priority. The mission will, at a minimum, include the following goals to accomplish this:
The program consists of three key activities based on DOE/RL-92-60, Tank Waste Remediation System Functions and Requirements, Rev 1 (DOE-RL 1994a). They are: manage tank waste, process tank waste, and manage system-generated waste and excess facilities. Any later versions of the system functions and requirements will be reflected in future revisions to this document.
The scope of the TWRS Program is described in detail in the Tank Waste Remediation System Mission Analysis (Baynes et al. 1993) and the Systems Engineering Functions and Requirements for the Hanford Cleanup Mission: First Issue, Draft A (Holmes 1994). The scope includes project and program activities for receiving, safely storing, maintaining, treating, and disposing onsite, or packaging for offsite disposal, all tank waste.
Tank waste includes the current contents of 149 single-shell tanks (SST), 28 double-shell tanks (DST), 51 miscellaneous tanks, plus any new waste added to these facilities, and all encapsulated cesium and strontium stored onsite and returned from offsite users.
The scope of the TWRS Program encompasses existing facilities such as waste storage tanks, evaporators, pipelines, and the LLW treatment and disposal facilities. It includes support facilities that comprise the total TWRS infrastructure, including upgrades to existing facilities or equipment, and the addition of new facilities.
Closure of the SST and DST sites and final decontamination and disposal of facilities are not included in this program. Tank closure will be addressed in the Fiscal Year 1995 Hanford Mission Plan, Volume 1, Site Guidance (DOE-RL 1994b). Closure interface responsibilities for the TWRS Program will be negotiated on a case-by-case basis.
In November 1992, the TWRS Program Leadership Council directed that systems engineering be adopted as the paradigm for development and management of the TWRS program.
As defined in DOE Order 4700.1, the systems engineering process is a sequence of activities that transforms an identified mission need into a description of system performance parameters and a preferred system configuration. A sound requirements baseline must be established to provide the foundation on which the systems engineering process can be carried out. Functional analysis, which is just one step within the implementation of the overall systems engineering process, establishes this foundation.
The TWRS function hierarchy to the fourth level of decomposition is shown in Figure 1-1. The numbering scheme that uniquely identifies TWRS function titles is based on assigning 4.2 to the Remediate Tank Waste function consistent with the Hanford Sitewide function hierarchy. The third level becomes 4.2.i and the fourth, 4.2.i.j. This scheme, which permits traceability between TWRS functions, their parents and children is used throughout the functional analysis.
The Remediate Tank Waste function is to store, treat, and immobilize highly radioactive Hanford Site waste (existing and future tank waste and the strontium and cesium capsules) in an environmentally sound, safe, and cost-effective manner.
Figure 1-1. Function Hierarchy.
Manage existing tank waste (e.g., waste contained in DSTs, SSTs, and miscellaneous tanks), new tank waste from Site-level interfaces (e.g., facility operations, Decontamination and Decommissioning [D&D], Environmental Restoration [ER]), and in-process waste (e.g., pretreated HLW, pretreated LLW, partially pretreated waste) from TWRS. Manage tank waste includes safe compliant storage, waste characterization, waste retrieval, waste concentration, and waste transfer to other facilities or processes.
The waste will continue to be managed until sufficient waste is removed from all tanks.
The Process Waste function is initiated on waste retrieval for treatment and will continue until the last Immobilized High-Level Waste (IHLW)/Immobilized Transuranic Waste (ITRU) package is shipped to a geologic repository.
Tank waste is pretreated (including DST and SST waste, line waste, and cesium and strontium capsules, if required) to separate the LLW, HLW, and transuranic (TRU) waste, and reusable materials fractions; immobilize the HLW and TRU waste fractions; and certify the immobilized wastes for disposal in a geologic repository. This includes interim storage of and load out capability for the immobilized HLW and TRU waste before offsite shipment. Waste excluded from processing is the underground storage tanks and support structures, production reactor fuel, radioactive waste at reactors, disposal facilities, transfer lines, cribs, ponds, and ditches.
Manage waste and excess facilities generated during the process of remediating TWRS tank waste. Activities to be managed include immobilization of the LLW components, disposition of liquid and gaseous effluent, as well as solid waste and excess facilities, and the disposition of reusable materials.
This effort includes management of miscellaneous wastes and processing to transfer failed equipment like pumps and melters to the organization responsible for ultimate disposal. This activity will terminate when all tank waste is remediated and all excess facilities have been turned over to the Site-level Deactivate Facilities function (4.1) for final clean-up and closure.
This section identifies significant constraints that may impose restrictions on the TWRS functions described in Section 1.2, Description. Constraints that apply to the entire "Remediate Tank Waste" function follow.
The Manage Tank Waste element is the management of waste and excess facilities generated during the process of remediating TWRS tank waste. Listed below are constraints/concerns for the program elements of the Manage Tank Waste function (including Manage System Generated Waste and Excess Facilities, Function 4.2.3):
Also included in the Process Waste element is the management of waste and excess facilities generated during the process of remediating TWRS tank waste. Listed below are constraints/concerns for the program elements of the Process Tank Waste function (including Manage System Generated Waste and Excess Facilities, Function 4.2.3):
This section identifies technical strategies for each of the TWRS functions. These strategies were developed to ensure that the work performed will accomplish and comply with the mission described in Section 1.0, Business Unit.
The TWRS Program systems engineering analysis has identified the following three major technical functions that must be addressed by the technical strategy:
The technical strategy is organized and described relative to these functions. The strategy is designed to support the objectives of the Tri-Party Agreement. The systems engineering process will be used to develop the technical baselines, select solutions within the established strategic constraints, identify and evaluate technical risks, and recommend alternative solutions that should continue to be maintained as technical contingencies to mitigate risks.
Technical and technology development strategies are listed in the following sections, organized by the three major technical functions identified above.
Tank Farm Operations and Upgrades Strategy
Waste Characterization Strategy
Waste Retrieval Strategy
Pretreatment Strategy
High-Level Waste Immobilization Strategy
Low-Level Waste Immobilization Strategy
Solid Waste Characterization Strategy
This strategy shall apply to solid waste characterization of both hazardous and radionuclides, which is generated in or is the responsibility of the TWRS Program.
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The Function Hierarchy Identification Numbers are as follows:
Level 0: Clean Up Hanford
Level 1: Remedy Unsafe and Unacceptable Conditions (4.0)
Level 2: Remediate Tank Waste (4.2)
Level 3: Manage Tank Waste (4.2.1)
Process Waste (4.2.2)
Manage System Generated Waste and Excess Facilities (4.2.3).
The work flows defined for the purposes of this document are Level 2 and Level 3.
See Figure 2-1 for the work flow process of major activities for Function 4.2, Remediate Tank Waste.
See Figure 2-2 for the work flow process of major activities for Function 4.2.1, Manage Tank Waste.
See Figure 2-3 for the work flow process of major activities for Function 4.2.2, Process Waste.
See Figure 2-4 for the work flow process of major activities for Function 4.2.3, Manage System Generated Waste and Excess Facilities.
Figure 2-1. Remediate Tank Waste Work Flow Process.
Figure 2-2. Manage Tank Waste Work Flow Process.
Figure 2-3. Process Waste Work Flow Process.
Figure 2-4. Manage System-Generated Waste and Excess
Facilities Work Flow ProcessFacilities Work Flow Process.
This section identifies the drivers or requirements that drive Function 4.2, Remediate Tank Waste. The following tables contain a column labeled Architecture and one labeled Function. Information in the Architecture columns comes from the document Tank Waste Remediation System Program Implementation Plan (DOE-RL 1994d). Information in the Function columns comes from the document Systems Engineering Functions and Requirements for the Hanford Cleanup Mission (Holmes 1993). For further detail refer to those documents regarding the information.
Table 2-1, Remediate Tank Waste Requirements Allocation Table, identifies the drivers or requirements that drive Function 4.2, Remediate Tank Waste.
Table 2-1|
Table 2-1. Remediate Tank Waste Requirements Allocation Table. | |||
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Requirement |
Architecture |
Function |
Interface |
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DOE/RL 93-08 |
4.2 | ||
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DOE 5400.3, 4.e, 6 |
4.2 |
4.2 | |
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DOE 5400.5, Ch. II - 1.a(1-3b), 1.a(4), 1.b, 1.d, 3.b(1); Preamble - 5 |
4.2 4.2.1 |
4.2 | |
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DOE 5480.24,7.c(5-6) |
4.2 | ||
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DOE 5820.2A, Ch. I - 2, 3.a.(1).b, 3.b.(2)(g); Ch. II - 2, 3.b(1); Ch. III - 2, 3.a, 3.c; Ch. V - 2, 3.a(3), 3.b; Preamble - 5 |
4.2 |
4.2 | |
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RLIP 5480.11, (6)(e) |
4.2 |
4.2 | |
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SEN-35-91 |
4.2 |
4.2 | |
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TWRS Leadership Council Meeting, dated January 7 to 9, 1993 |
4.2 |
4.2 | |
Table 2-2, Manage Tank Waste Requirements Allocation Table, identifies the drivers or requirements for Function 4.2.1, Manage Tank Waste.
The Process Waste Requirements Allocation Table, Table 2-3, identifies the drivers or requirements for Function 4.2.2, Process Waste.
Table 2-2|
Table 2-2. Manage Tank Waste Requirements Allocation Table. (2 pages) | |||
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Requirement |
Architecture |
Function |
Interface |
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10 CFR 71.87 |
4.2 4.2.1.2 4.2.2 4.2.2.4 |
4.2.1.2 |
· Immobilized HLW |
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29 CFR 1910.120(b)(1), (c)(3), and (7) |
4.2.1.1 | ||
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40 CFR 61.92 |
4.2 4.2.1.1 |
4.2.1.1 |
· Dispositioned Gaseous Effluent |
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DOE Secretary Direction B.2.A.13, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 23, 24, 5, 4 |
4.2.1.1 4.2.1.2 4.2.1.3 |
4.2.1.1 4.2.1.2 4.2.1.3 | |
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DOE/RL-94-01 (Recommendation 93-5, Implementation Plan, January 1994) |
4.2.1.2 |
4.2.1.2 |
· Tank Characterization Information |
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DOE 5481.1B, Paragraph 1; and Ch. I, Paragraph 4(c) |
4.2.1.1 | ||
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DOE 5481.21, Section 10 |
4.2.1.1 | ||
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DOE 5820.2A, Ch. I - 3.a.(1).c, 3.b.(1)(a), 3.b.(1)(b), 3.b.(2)(a), 3.b.(2)(b), 3.b.(2)(c), 3.b.(2)(d), 3.b.(2)(e), 3.b.(2)(f), 3.b.(2)(g), 3.b.(2)(h), 3.b.(2)(i), 3.b.(2)(j), 3.b.(2)(k), 3.b.(3)(a), 3.b.(3)(b), 3.b.(3)(c), 3.b.(3)(d), 3.b.(4), 3.b.(7)(a), 3.b.(7)(c), 3.b.(7)(d), 3.b.(7)(e), 3.c.(1), 3.c.(2)(a), 3.c.(2)(b), 3.c.(2)(c), 3.c.(2)(f), 3.c.(2)(g), 3.c.(3)(a), 3.c.(3)(b), 3.c.(3)(c), 3.c.(4), 3.d.(2); Ch.II-3.f(5); Ch.III-3.e(2), 3.h(4), 3.k |
4.2 4.2.1.1 4.2.1.2 4.2.1.3 4.2.1.4 4.2.1.5 |
4.2.1.1 4.2.1.2 4.2.1.3 4.2.1.4 4.2.1.5 |
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EP1 TWRS Preliminary Reference Flowsheet, WHC-SD-WM-TI-613 |
4.2.1.3 |
· Retrieved Tank Waste | |
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EP73 TWRS Preliminary Reference Flowsheet, WHC-SD-WM-TI-613 |
4.2.1.3 | ||
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Federal Register, Vol.55, No.238, Tuesday, Dec. 11, 1990 Notices, Enclosure 1 |
4.2.1.1 4.2.1.2 |
4.2.1.1 4.2.1.2 | |
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OSD-T-151-00007, 7.2 |
4.2 4.2.1.1 4.2.1.4 4.2.2 4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 4.2.3 4.2.3.3 |
4.2.1.1 4.2.1.4 |
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P.L. 101-510 Sec 3137, (1-2), a, b, c, d |
4.2.1.1 |
4.2.1.1 | |
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RLIP 5480.11, (7)(c) |
4.2.1 |
4.2.1 | |
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Tri-Party Agreement Change Control Form M-32-04, M-32-05, M-35-01, M-40-00, M-40-01, M-40-02, M-40-02A, M-40-02B, M-40-03, M-40-04, M-40-05, M-40-06, M-40-07, M-40-08, M-40-09, M-40-10, M-40-11, M-40-12, M-40-13, M-40-14, M-40-15, M-40-16, M-40-17, M-41-00, M-41-01, M-41-02, M-41-03A and B, M-41-07, M-41-08, M-41-19, M-42-00, M-43-00, M-43-01, M-43-02, M-43-03, M-43-04, M-43-05, M-43-06, M-43-07, M-44-00, M-44-01, M-44-02, M-44-05, M-44-06, M-44-08, M-44-09, M-44-10, M-44-11, M-44-12, M-45-00, M-46-00 |
4.2.1.1 4.2.1.2 4.2.1.3 4.2.1.4 4.2.1.5 |
4.2.1.1 4.2.1.2 4.2.1.3 4.2.1.4 4.2.1.5 |
· Tank Characterization Information |
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WAC 173-303-071 (3)(1) |
4.2.1.2 |
4.2.1.2 | |
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WAC 173-303-300 |
4.2.1.2 |
4.2.1.2 | |
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WHC-EP-0182-65, pg. E8, E12 |
4.2.1.3 |
· Retrieved Tank Waste | |
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Table 2-3. Process Waste Requirements Allocation Table. | |||
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Requirement |
Architecture |
Function |
Interface |
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Bernero 1993 |
4.2.2 | ||
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DOE/RW-0351P, Rev. 0, 3.2.1.3, 3.7.1.2.1.2.10(A), 3.7.1.2.1.2.10(C), 3.7.1.2.1.2.14 |
4.2.2.3 4.2.2.4 |
4.2.2.3 4.2.2.4 |
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DOE/WIPP-069, Rev. 4, 3.1.2, 3.3, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 3.3.3.5, 3.3.4.1, 3.3.4.5, 3.4.2, 3.4.3, 3.4.4, 3.4.6, 3.4.7 |
4.2.2.2 4.2.2.5 | ||
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DOE 5820.2A, Ch. I - 3.a.(1).c, 3.b.(2)(a), 3.b.(2)(c), 3.b.(2)(d), 3.b.(2)(f), 3.b.(2)(g), 3.b.(2)(h), 3.b.(2)(i), 3.b.(2)(j), 3.b.(3)(a), 3.b.(3)(b), 3.b.(3)(c), 3.b.(3)(d), 3.b.(4), 3.b.(7), 3.d, 3.d.(1)(a), 3.d.(1)(b); Ch. II - 3.c(1), 3.e, 3.g.(2), 3.g.(4); Ch. III - 3.c.(4), 3.f.(1) |
4.2.2 4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 4.2.2.4 |
4.2.2 4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 4.2.2.3 4.2.2.4 4.2.2.5 |
· Dispositioned Gaseous Effluent |
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EM-WAPS, 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4., 1.5, 2, 3.1, 3.10, 3.11, 3.11.1, 3.11.2, 3.12, 3.13, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8.1,3.8.2, 3.9.1, 3.9.2, 4, 5.1, 5.1.4, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13, 5.14, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 5.7 |
4.2.2.2 4.2.2.4 |
4.2.2.2 4.2.2.4 |
· Raw Materials |
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External Letter, 9360588, DOE Planning Basis for TWRS, December 10, 1993 |
4.2.2.4 | ||
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Tri-Party Agreement Change Control Form M-50-00, M-51-00 |
4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 |
4.2.2.1 4.2.2.2 | |
Table 2-4, Manage System Generated Waste and Excess Facilities Requirements Allocation Table, identifies the drivers or requirements for Function 4.2.3, Manage System Generated Waste and Excess Facilities.
The Tank Waste Remediation System Program Implementation Plan,
Volumes I and II (DOE-RL 1994d), maps the systems engineering architecture to the TWRS Program Work Breakdown Structure (WBS).
The TWRS Program consists of three key activities: Manage Tank Waste, Process Tank Waste, and Manage System-Generated Waste and Excess Facilities. The Manage System Generated Waste and Excess Facilities functions (Function 4.2.3) were allocated to WBS elements Manage Tank Waste (Function 4.2.1) and Process Tank Waste (Function 4.2.2). This is appropriate because the disposition of gaseous and liquid-effluent solid waste and excess facilities will be inherent elements of the life-cycle of TWRS infrastructure physical system. Thus, the activities described in the WBS dictionaries within Manage Tank Waste and Process Tank Waste will incorporate all baselines activities from functions and operation requirements to prepare them for D&D. Immobilize and dispose of LLW was allocated to the Process Tank Waste WBS.
Table 2-4|
Table 2-4. Manage System Generated Waste and Excess Facilities Requirements Allocation Table. | |||
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Requirement |
Architecture |
Function |
Interface |
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40 CFR 260.30, .31(a), .41 |
4.2.3.4 4.2.3.6 | ||
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40 CFR 261.3, .4 |
4.2.3 |
4.2.3 | |
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40 CFR 262.11, .34(a), .34(c) |
4.2.3 |
4.2.3 4.2.3.4 | |
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40 CFR 264.13, .92, .97, .99 |
4.2.3 4.2.3.1 |
4.2.3 4.2.3.1 | |
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40 CFR 268, Subpart A, 1(a-c); Subpart E, 50 (a)(2) |
4.2.3.1 | ||
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Bernero 1993 |
4.2.3 | ||
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DOE Order 58XX.XX. 11. (i) (Draft) |
4.2.3.5 |
4.2.3.5 | |
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DOE Secretary Direction B.2.A.14 |
4.2.3.2 |
4.2.3.2 | |
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DOE 5400.5, Ch. II - 5.c(1), 6.a |
4.2.3 |
4.2.3 | |
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DOE 5820.2A, Ch. II - 3.b(1); Ch. III - 2, 3.a, 3.c(1), 3.c(2), 3.c(4), 3.f(2), 3.i(5), 3.i(6), 3.i(7)(c), 3.i(7)(d), 3.i(9)(a), 3.k, 3.m(1), 3.m(2) |
4.2.3 4.2.3.1 4.2.3.3 4.2.3.4 |
4.2.3 4.2.3.1 4.2.3.3 4.2.3.4 |
· Closed ILLW Sites |
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RLID 5820.2A, Ch. III - 3,a,(1) |
4.2.3.1 | ||
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RLIP 5480.11, (7)(c) |
4.2.3.2 | ||
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TPA Change Control Form M-40-07, M-43-01, M-43-02, M-43-03, M-60-00 |
4.2.3.1 4.2.3.2 |
4.2.3.1 4.2.3.2 | |
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WAC 173-303-017, (2), (3) |
4.2.3 |
4.2.3 | |
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WAC 173-303-640 (8) |
4.2.3.5 |
4.2.3.5 | |
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WHC-CM-7-5, Ch. 7, 7.6.2.2 |
4.2.3.4 |
4.2.3.4 | |
Detailed information on the resources (i.e., funding, staffing, and technologies required) that is related to the three key activities is provided in the individual program element sections of the Tank Waste Remediation System Program Implementation Plan, Volume II (DOE-RL 1994d).
The inputs and outputs defined are strictly from a data viewpoint to show what data are needed for the functions. All other inputs and outputs were not included.
Function Inputs:
Function Outputs:
Function Inputs:
Function Outputs:
1. Process waste characterization requirements consists of the characterization information needs of the Process Waste function for wastes that are delivered to it from the Manage Tank Waste function. The characterization requirements will be transformed into requirements for analytical measurements and precision and accuracy requirements.
Function Inputs:
Function Outputs:
This section will correlate data systems to a data subject area as well as to a function. Each subheading will address data subject areas and discuss the topic of the subheading at that level.
The data have been categorized into data subject areas that are: documentation, environmental data, events, financial, guidance, property/materials, scientific/engineering data, wastes, and facility management. Table 3-1, Data Subject Area/Definition/Data System/Function Associations, shows which data subjects are associated to which functions and data systems. The data systems column includes some manual data methods such as reports, data collection sheets, etc. Table 3-2 provides a summary description of the primary systems managed by the TWRS program.
A TWRS Information System Definition (ISD) study was recently completed to implement information system architecture planning as prescribed by the Tank Waste Remediation System Information Resource Management Policy, Annex 2 (DOE-RL 1994c). The two key deliverables of the study are an ISD engineering study, which describes existing and proposed information system architectures and a supporting ISD implementation plan, which identifies prioritized key activities, alternatives and cost/benefit estimates needed to achieve the proposed architecture. Key benefits from the effort are expected to be better management of information/data resources, coordination of strategic, tactical and operational plans, and streamlined business practices through process re-engineering.
The data and information described in this section makes reference mainly to characterization data. Characterization definitions for tank characterization and solid waste characterization are defined below.
Tank Characterization Information consists of Characterization Data, the Tank Waste Analysis Plan and Tank Characterization Plans, and includes all tank characterization information generated or gathered by the Characterize Waste function and provided to other functions. The information may be in paper and/or electronic form. This information includes, but is not limited to: historical tank contents estimates, Tank Characterization Reports, laboratory analysis results, in situ analysis results, integrated schedules, Tank Waste Analysis Plans, Tank Characterization Plans, Waste Analysis Plans, operational data for characterization, and historical data.
Solid Waste Characterization information is physical, chemical, and radiological characterization data in support of the disposal of solid waste containers for the TWRS Program. The information may be in paper and/or electronic form. This information includes, but is not limited to: waste stream identification, sampling and analysis of containerized waste for radiological and hazardous chemical constituents, performance of in situ measurements, non-destructive assays, Waste Certification Plans, waste
Table 3-1|
Table 3-1. Data Subject Area/Definition/Data System/Function Associations. | |||
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Data Subject |
Data Subject Definition |
Data System Name |
Function |
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Documentation |
Reference materials and texts, communications, WHC-produced documents, computer-based text, logs and diaries, and other forms of info that humans read, store, and retrieve. |
Waste Tank Status Summary |
4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 |
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Environmental Data |
Quantitative, qualitative, and graphic representations of components of the Hanford environment. Data describing the effects of activities on the environment or related to its protection or improvement; including air sampling and tank vapors. |
Hanford Environmental Information System* Waste Information Data System* |
4.2.1 4.2.2 |
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Events |
Occurrences of change of state of an item or situation, including observations of adverse conditions, audit findings, activity initiations and completions, legal actions, natural and man-caused releases, and reorganizations. |
Issue Management Action Tracking System Quality Environmental & Safety Tracking* |
In 4.2 process |
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Financial |
Funds received/allocated, accounts, costs, payroll, assets and liabilities, budgets, spending schedules. |
Performance Measurement Control System Financial Data System* |
In 4.2 process |
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Guidance |
Business positions or policies, laws, rules, regulations, contracts, standards, procedures, and guidelines. Includes safety information that is related to tank baselines, tank and equipment operating limits, safety limit specifications, etc. for tanks. |
RDD-100™ Operating Specification Requirements/Description Safety Analysis Reports |
4.2.1 4.2.3 |
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Property Materials |
Property of all kinds including real property, equipment, and materials. Includes data on suppliers and activities that support management of the property/materials. |
Vendor Information* |
In 4.2 process |
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Scientific Engineering Data |
Analytical and field measurements, operational data, calculations, engineering designs, and technical models. Includes surveillance information that is related to tank monitoring and tank farm surveillance activities. |
Surveillance Analysis Computer System Computer Automated Surveillance System Tank Monitoring & Control System Handheld Data Acquisition for Tank Farms Data Acquisition and Control System Round Sheets |
4.2.1 4.2.2 |
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Wastes |
Unused products of operations that are subject to identification, characterization, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal, often under regulated conditions. Includes characterization information that is related to tank waste compositions based on tank core sampling information. |
Tank Characterization Database Waste Volume Projection Tank Waste Information Network System Tank Characterization Reports/Plans Data Quality Objectives |
4.2.1 4.2.2 4.2.3 |
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Facility Management |
Includes information related to daily (1) plant operation activities and (2) Tank Farm Operation (TFO) activities. TFO activities include: scheduling work in the field, preventive maintenance, tank farm drawings/maps, preparation of work packages. Plant operations include: info related to other facilities (242A Evaporator, B-Plant, PUREX). |
Preventive Maintenance Recall System* |
In 4.2 process |
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*Denotes that these systems are used by TWRS, but are not owned by TWRS. RDD-100 is a trademark of Ascent Logic Corporation. | |||
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Table 3-2. Primary Systems | ||||
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SysId |
Acronym |
System Name |
Purpose |
System Status |
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10676 |
CASS |
Computer Automated Surveillance System |
Continuous alarm monitoring and data acquisition system for underground nuclear waste storage tanks. |
Operational |
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10989 |
HDAT |
Handheld Data Acquisition for Tank Farms System |
To improve data collection activities in the Tank Farms. |
In Development |
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11458 |
SACS |
Surveillance Analysis Computer System |
The central, long-term, data storage system (database) for all WHC tank farm surveillance data with the flexibility for future additions of data types. |
Operational |
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11578 |
TCD |
Tank Characterization Database |
To support final disposal decisions for tank waste and meet characterization (RCRA) requirements for DOE Order 5820.2A. |
In Development |
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11605 |
TMACS |
Tank Monitoring And Control System |
Tank farms surveillance monitoring. |
Operational |
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11758 |
DACS |
Tank 101-SY Data Acquisition and Control System |
Data acquisition and control system for the Tank 101-SY Hydrogen Mitigation Mixer pump and associated instruments. |
Operational |
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IMATS |
Issue Management Action Tracking System | |||
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TWINS |
Tank Waste Information Network System |
Provides ready access and retrieval of high-level tank waste data across the DOE complex, by linking many different, or heterogenous, databases. |
Operational | |
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11812 |
PMCS |
Performance Measurement Control System |
Provides logic-tied and resource-loaded schedules. This system supports planning, budgeting, performance and cost data. |
In Development |
Figure 3-1. Context Diagram for 4.2, Remediate Tank Waste.
Figure 3-2. Context Diagram for 4.2.1, Manage Tank Waste.
Figure 3-3. Context Diagram for 4.2.2, Process Waste.
Figure 3-4. Context Diagram for 4.2.3, Manage System Generated
Waste and Excess FacilitiesWaste and Excess Facilities.
designation information, inspection information, waste transfer documents, waste planning information, and review of historical process knowledge data that are necessary to complete characterization.
This section illustrates context diagrams for Functions 4.2, 4.2.1, 4.2.2, and 4.2.3. These context diagrams show the external interface data flow to the function, not the data flows inside of the function. Below are brief descriptions of each data flow, represented by a DX. Directly following are the data stores, represented by a SX.
3.1.1.1 Data Flow Description
Data: Request for Nonstandard or Nonconforming Waste Delivery
A. (DOE, Purchaser, Producer) Purchaser/Producer shall obtain delivery and procedure confirmation from DOE before delivery of other-than-standard waste (failed spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and nonstandard SNF/HLW). DOE shall advise Purchaser/Producer within 60 days after receipt of confirmation request as to the technical feasibility of accepting other-than-standard waste on the currently agreed to schedule, and any schedule adjustment for such services.
B. (Producer) Producer shall submit action plan for correction or disposition of nonconforming waste for verification and documented approval. The action plan must adequately identify and describe the nonconformance and any action to change or correct the existing nonconformance. The action plan must be signed by authorized personnel/organization.
Data: Characterization Information
New waste, with required characterization information.
Data: Shipping Papers
Distribution of the shipping papers shall by as follows:
A copy of the papers will be returned by WIPP to the shipper after emplacement of the waste at WIPP.
Shipping papers shall provide the information required by U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the WIPP Data Package, and, as necessary, the manifest required by U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Data: Characterization Information
Solidified TRU waste sealed in containers, with required characterization information, and transport casks along with the transport vehicle delivered to the designated WIPP Site Facility.
Data: Shipping Irregularities Report
All shipments of TRU waste shall be in or on exclusive-use vehicles. Shipments shall be made as expeditiously as possible and shall be tracked from origin to destination using a real-time tracking communications system. Deviations from preferred routes, delays, and other irregularities detected by the system shall be investigated by the responsible traffic manager and a report sent to the WIPP within 90 days.
Data: Store, Treat, and Immobilize for Disposal
Information necessary to store, treat, and immobilize for disposal the Hanford tank waste.
D7: Closed Immobilized Low-Level Waste (ILLW) Sites
Data: SST Characterization Information and Pretreatment Assumptions
Supply the NRC with characterization information and pretreatment process assumptions for the SST waste. Request the NRC to concur with the DOE's plans for treatment and disposal of the SST waste.
Data: Monitoring Information
Solidified or otherwise immobilized and stabilized LLW, in engineered disposal structures and their sites that have been closed with appropriate long-term monitoring instrumentation in place.
Data: EPA and State Authorization Permits for Transport System
Appropriate EPA and State authorizations/permits shall be obtained for the transport system, as applicable.
Data: Issue TCRs
Milestone M-44-00 September 1999. Issue Tank Characterization Reports (TCR) based on process knowledge, prior characterization data, and validated empirical data acquired after May 1989 for 177 Hanford HLW tanks. Provide offsite access to electronic database(s) containing tank Characterization information through the Tank Characterization Database (TCD) and Hanford Environmental Information System (HEIS) through the Tank Waste Information Network System (TWINS) or approved analogues for 177 HLW tanks.
All issued TCRs will be updated quarterly as needed due to addition and/or removal to tank wastes and as new information is obtained.
Validated data packages are to be placed in the administrative record.
Milestone M-44-01 May 1994 (and annually thereafter). Submit a draft copy of the TWRS TWAP's and TCPs' revisions, updates, and additions annually to Washington State Department of Ecology (Ecology) and EPA.
Data: Qualification/QA
Waste Analysis (WA) shall require the following of the Purchaser, Producer: The producer shall prepare and maintain documentation sufficient to demonstrate canistered waste form compliance with the WA-System Requirements Document (SRD), Waste Form Compliance Plan (WCP), and Waste Form Qualification Report (WQR) as lifetime QA records. Copies of these records must be made available to the Federal Repository Operator at the time the repository is ready to begin accepting canistered waste forms from the producer. Other documentation generated during preparation and implementation of the WCP and WQR must be collected and maintained as nonpermanent records.
Data: Resolution Improperly Describe Waste
(WA, Purchaser, Producer) If subsequent to its acceptance, WA finds SNF and/or HLW is improperly described, WA shall promptly notify the Purchaser/Producer in writing of such a finding. In this event, the Purchaser/Producer must provide WA with a proper description within 30 days. In the event the Purchaser/Producer fails to provide the proper description, DOE may hold in abeyance any and all further deliveries scheduled.
Data: Chemical Composition
A. (Producer) The Producer shall report to DOE/Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM) the chemical composition and crystalline phase projections for the waste form.
B. (Producer) The Producer shall report to DOE/OCRWM the oxide composition of the waste form for the oxides of elements present in concentrations greater than 0.5% by weight and the estimate of the error of the composition.
Data: Records
(WA, Producer) WA shall require the Producer to submit documentation to DOE/OCRWM to demonstrate compliance of the HLW form with this WA-SRD in accordance with the requirements of OCRWM Quality Assurance Requirements and Description (QARD) Section 17. DOE-EM, as the cognizant organization within DOE for HLW form production, shall produce waste form production specifications, which describe the form and content of this document. As a minimum, this documentation will include a Waste Form Compliance Plan, a Waste Form Qualification Record, Production Records, Storage and Shipping Records.
Data: Hazardous Waste Determination
WA shall require the Producer to determine if the HLW is hazardous as follows: For hazardous wastes, that Producer shall prepare "Hazardous Waste Manifest" logs as required by 40 CFR 262. These logs must be included in the Production Records and must accompany waste during shipment.
Data: Notification Improperly Described Waste
(WA, Purchaser, Producer) If SNF and/or HLW is determined by WA to be improperly described before acceptance by DOE/OCRWM at the Purchaser's/Producer's site, WA shall promptly notify the Purchase/Producer in writing. DOE/OCRWM reserves the right to refuse to accept improperly described waste. The Purchaser/Producer must not transfer title of improperly described SNF and/or HLW unless DOE/OCRWM agrees to accept title under other arrangements agreed to in writing by the parties.
Data: Radionuclide Inventory
(Producer) The Producer shall report to DOE/OCRWM the estimated total and individual canister inventory of radionuclides (in curies) that have half-lives longer than 10 years and that are or will be present in concentrations greater than 0.05% of the total radioactive inventory. The estimates shall be indexed to the year 2015.
Data: Final Description Waste
(Purchase, Producer) Except as otherwise agreed to by DOE, the Purchase/Producer shall describe in writing the material in each shipping lot 60 days before the scheduled DOE transportation of that shipping lot.
Data: Canister Material and Fabrication Report
The Producer shall report to DOE/OCRWM the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) alloy specification and composition of the fill canister material, secondary canister material, canister label material, and any filler material used for welding, and the method of fabrication of the fill canister and any secondary canister.
Data: Data Package Requirements
A data package with certification attesting to the fact that the waste package meets the requirements of these criteria shall be transmitted to the WIPP operator in advance of shipment. This data package/certification shall be based on a QA program subject to audit and verification.
Data: Canister Decontamination Report
The Producer shall report to DOE/OCRWM an estimate of the amount of canister material (particularly wall thickness) removed during decontamination of the canister surface.
Data: Shipping Records
The Purchaser/Producer shall provide written documentation and certification:
A. Of cask conditions and contents before transfer to the receiving party
B. That the transportation cask system has been packaged to meet DOE, DOT, and NRC requirements, and to transfer care, custody, and control of the shipment
C. Of the name of each radionuclide that is listed in order of decreasing radiotoxicity
D. Of the hazardous waste classification for land disposal.
Data: Characterization Information
Tank Characterization Information consists of Characterization Data, the TWAP and TCPs, and includes all tank characterization information generated or gathered by the Characterize Waste function and provided to other functions. The information may be in paper and/or electronic form. This information includes, but is not limited to: historical tank contents estimates, TCRs, laboratory analysis results, in situ analysis results, integrated schedules, TWAPs, TCPs, Waste Analysis Plans, operational data for characterization, and historical data.
Data: Store, Characterize, and Retrieve Tank Waste
Information necessary to store, characterize, and retrieve tank waste. Includes tank waste volume, composition, and generation schedule projections from Hanford Site generators, historical Hanford Site process records and sample information, technical information on external activities required for integration and technology assessments/transfers from external sources.
Data: Analytical Results or Historical Process Information
Analytical results or historical process information providing chemical and physical analysis of the cesium/strontium capsules produced at Hanford.
Data: Characterization Information
Pretreated HLW, with required characterization information, blended and/or concentrated to final composition meeting specifications for feed to immobilization.
Data: Characterization Information
Pretreated TRU Tank Waste, with required characterization information, blended and/or concentrated to final composition meeting specifications for feed to immobilization.
Data: Characterization Information
Pretreated HLW, pretreated TRU tank waste, pretreated LLW and partially pretreated waste, with required characterization information, suitable for transfer to Manage Tank Waste (4.2.1) function.
Data: Characterization Information Requirements
The characterization information needs of the Process Waste function for wastes that are delivered to it from the Manage Tank Waste function. The characterization requirements will be transformed into requirements for analytical measurements and precision and accuracy requirements.
Characterization Requirements
Data: Characterization Information Requirements
The characterization information needs of the Manage System Generated Waste and Excess Facilities function for wastes that are delivered to it from the Manage Tank Waste function. The characterization requirements will be transformed into requirements for analytical measurements and precision and accuracy requirements. These requirements may include requirements for a contamination survey of Manage Tank Waste facilities to support decontamination plans.
Data: Characterization Information
Liquid secondary waste for storage, with required characterization information, produced in the Manage System Generated Waste and Excess Facilities (4.2.3) function. This includes cleaning waste, lab waste from sample characterization, but no packaged waste.
Data: Required Analysis 1 and 2
Develop a preliminary performance assessment model for the immobilized LLW form to determine an acceptable envelope of glass physical properties and radionuclide constituents.
Complete facilities options evaluation to determine radionuclide removal requirements for ALARA, facility design, maintenance, and operation concepts.
Data: Characterization Information
All excess facilities and wastes, with required characterization information, generated during Manage Tank Waste activities except that portion that will be processed into IHLW, ITRU, or ILLW. This includes equipment and facilities that have fulfilled their purpose but are now available for appropriate reuse or final disposition: mixed, hazardous, or radiological waste in liquid or solid form (including spent samples) being returned from laboratories that originated in the Manage Tank Waste function, and all nonradioactive, nonhazardous liquid and solid effluent.
Data: Safety Analysis Report
Waste characteristics and compatibility information shall be documented in a Safety Analysis Report and be used as a basis for designing new facilities.
Data: Technical Information and Engineering Data required to Accept and Pretreat Tank Waste
Technology information, engineering data, program data, necessary to accept and pretreat tank waste, immobilize HLW/TRU, prepare cesium/strontium capsules for disposal, and interim store and transfer the treated waste forms.
Data: Characterization Information
Secondary waste for processing consists of liquid solutions from gaseous effluent treatment systems and liquid effluent systems, with required characterization information for both.
Data: Information necessary to evaluate waste, determine treatment, and perform required functions
Any information from outside of TWRS that is necessary to evaluate waste, determine necessary treatment, and perform required regulatory and process functions. Tank characterization information is contained in a separate input stream.
3.1.1.2 Data Stores Description. A brief profile of each data system is located in Appendix B (Table 3-2).
Data System(s): Various
The data systems for this data store are a combination of the data systems in TWRS.
Data System(s): Various
The data systems for this data store are a combination of the data systems in TWRS.
Data System(s): Surveillance Analysis Computer System (SACS)
Tank Monitor and Control System (TMACS)
Handheld Data Acquisition for Tank Farms (HDAT)
Computer Automated Surveillance System (CASS)
Data Acquisition and Control System (DACS)
Round Sheets (manual data system)
Tank Waste Status Summary Report
The monitoring information or surveillance information is data related to tank monitoring and tank farm surveillance activities. Many of these data are captured on round sheets, however, the primary data (i.e., tank temperatures and surface levels) are captured on acquisition systems.
Data System(s): TCD
Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS)
TWAPs
TCPs
TCRs
Waste Analysis Plans
Tank Characterization Information consists of Characterization Data that includes, but is not limited to: historical tank contents estimates, TCRs, laboratory analysis results, in situ analysis results, integrated schedules, TWAPs, TCPs, Waste Analysis Plans, operational data for characterization, and historical data.
Data System(s): Waste Volume Projection
Transfer Volume Database
This information includes, but is not limited to: tank waste volume, composition, generation schedule projections from Hanford Site generators, historical Hanford Site process records and sample information, technical information on external activities required for integration and technology assessments/transfers from external sources.
Data System(s): DQO
DQOs are documented characterization information requirements.
Data System(s): Safety Analysis Reports
Safety Analysis Reports are documented tank safety requirements.
Engineering Data System(s):
The data systems for this data store are a combination of the data systems in the Technical and Engineering areas.
The following drivers or requirements are for Function 4.2 as well as its subfunctions, which are 4.2.1, 4.2.2, and 4.2.3.
DOE/RL-94-01 (DOE-RL 1994e), Recommendation 93-5 Implementation Plan. This implementing plan establishes a new tank waste characterization strategy in response to Defense Nuclear Facility Safety Board (DNFSB) Recommendation 93-5. Task initiatives include improved quality and quantity of analyses and improved data management.
DOE Order 5820.2A, Radioactive Waste Management.
WAC 173-303-640, "Inspections." Operators of tank systems must inspect at least once each operating day: data gathered from monitoring any leak detection equipment to ensure that the tank system is being operated according to its design.
The following concerns and constraints (Table 3-3) were summarized from TWRS Information System Definition interviews with TWRS personnel, workshops, and ongoing discussions with subject experts. They represent general categories. A detailed description for each of the categories can be found in the TWRS Information Systems Definition document.
The data life-cycle will be addressed from a general viewpoint.
The data creation/collection stage of any TWRS data life-cycle is the period from the genesis of the data until the data becomes a part of a data set. The data collection methods vary from field data collection to automatic data collection.
The field data collection method is performed by a field staff who follow a procedure and is physically in the facility (e.g., tank farms) to collect the data. These data are captured on rounds sheets, data sheets, or portable handheld computers.
The automatic data collection method is performed by data acquisition systems in the facility (e.g., tank farms) that gather data in real time.
This stage of the data life-cycle includes modifications and storage of data. Data configuration control is needed to ensure data integrity and quality. Traceability of both data and software program changes are essential to ensure that decisions for action are based on knowledge of the correct data values. This need is very apparent in today's business climate with numerous overviews from regulatory agencies.
As programs, databases, and data are established, the user or manager allocates resources to properly define and practice the control requirements necessary to ensure and maintain data quality and software program quality. Control of software program changes for data systems are mandated in Software Practices, WHC-CM-3-10. Additionally, both general and specific data review procedures and data control requirements, are mandated in the Waste Tank Administration Manual (WHC 1992). The data criteria also are included in the procedures for each individual instrument that data are collected from.
Table 3-3|
Table 3-3. Data Management Concerns/Constraints. | |
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Category |
Concern/Constraint |
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Access |
Customers have both real and perceived difficulty accessing and retrieving information. Some applications are specialized and isolated making HLAN access unavailable. Some data is "raw" and not in a usable format. |
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Culture |
No central framework for data management exists. Customer requirements tend to be aggressive and immediate, while the acquisition and development processes remain risk averse and very timely. The CIO function has not yet received full management support. Systems development within organizations is high priority, while site-wide systems integration remains a low priority. |
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Data Management |
Data ownership, control, accessibility, and planning are not accomplished within a standard framework. |
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Data Quality |
Characterization data is available from multiple sources with no pedigree or quality indicator. Individual users must judge quality and establish confidence level. Difficulties exist from data entry errors, quality of data checks, uncalibrated instruments, and lack of DQOs. |
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Funding |
Obsolescence, aging technology, changing priorities and requests for offsite access are at odds with the current DOE-RL pressure to cut spending in all areas. |
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Information Management Standards |
Acceptance criteria, data standards, roles and responsibilities, outsourcing standards and work standards do not exist or require major improvement efforts. |
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Integration |
Compliance, design, maintenance, scheduling, and surveillance information are not part of an overall integration effort. This has major impacts on productivity, safety, and accountability. |
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Labor Intensive |
Work management, surveillance, planning and scheduling, characterization, and compliance all involve labor and paper intensive processes. |
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Process |
Ability to respond to high priority ad-hoc programmatic needs does not exist. Large amounts of information is "Tribal" or is stored in peoples heads. Finding the right group or person is difficult. IM projects are poorly managed and usually disparate. IM planning is done independently for each program. Processes do not ensure the right information gets to the right people. |
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Regulatory |
Electronic Signatures are not accepted as legal, even though the technology is available on-site. Documents are not official records until they enter the records management process. |
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Timeliness |
The time lapse between the production of lab reports and completion of tank characterization reports is excessive. Trending analysis is often impeded by slow turnaround of data. Isolated cases of very slow systems need to be addressed. |
This stage of the data life-cycle includes use, access, and dissemination of the data. The aspects of this stage are numerous and will vary greatly depending on the data type, the source of the data, regulatory requirements, access requirements, sensitivity, etc. TWRS is responsible for a large quantity of data and requests from multiple outside agencies are increasing. Some outside agencies have been able to access selected databases (i.e., SACS) via the TWINS. Other data are accessible through the Tank Farm Information Center, the Technical Data Services Center, cognizant engineers.
Much of the data and information exists in multiple databases, physical files, on magnetic tape, documents, logs, letters, strip charts, and in individual's files. A brief description of the databases are located in Appendix B.
This stage of the data life cycle involves the permanent storage of data as quality records. Because of the volume of TWRS data, many of these quality records, referred to as Tank Farm Operator Rounds sheets or data sheets, are tracked through the Technical Data Services Center and various engineering groups. Each year, a Records Inventory Disposition Schedule (RIDS) also is performed to track the individual's files. These quality record requirements are mandated in the Quality Assurance Manual.
The permanent storage of electronic data are handled by the custodian of the database. The storage media and other requirements are defined by the direct customer of the database. Data Quality is the responsibility of the data steward.
There are six strategies identified in Strategic Plan for Hanford Site Information Management (DOE-RL 1994f). This section lists the Site strategies with the appropriate TWRS strategies listed underneath.
Structure and maintain a Sitewide management and control process for information management.
Sustain Sitewide leadership to ensure effective information management.
· A mechanism that moves or extracts data from its system of source to another system is maintained under configuration management to provide for source data traceability and integrity as well as integrity of replicated data.
Establish information analysis process that support user needs.Develop an effective and efficient Hanford Site information architecture.
The following activities have been ongoing throughout FY 94 and will have specific deliverables for FY 1995.
Additional FY 1995 activities are referenced in Table 4-1, "Tank Waste Remediation System FY 1995 and Outyear Implementation Activities."
See Table 4-1, "Tank Waste Remediation System FY 1995 and Outyear Implementation Activities." Additionally, section A400 of the Tank Waste Remediation System Information System Definition Engineering Study (WHC 1995) contains an unprioritized activity list of specific tasks that are part of the "to-be" information, application, technology, and work architectures.
Implementation constraints are consistent with the constraints listed in Section 1.3. Constraints also may be imposed from the following:
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Table 4-1. Tank Waste Remediation System Fiscal Year 1995 and Outyear Implementation Activities. (11 sheets) | |||
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Work Breakdown Structure Element Code/Level |
SE Function Reference # |
Description of Data Management Plan Activity |
Milestone Date |
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Formulation 1.1.1.1.01.01/V |
4.2 RTW |
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TBD |
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Formulation 1.1.1.1.01.01/V |
4.2 RTW |
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FY 1995 to FY 1997 |
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Execution 1.1.1.1.01.02/V |
4.2 RTW |
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TBD |
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Execution 1.1.1.1.01.02/V |
4.2 RTW |
Summarize cost estimating data into the cost baseline. Use trending techniques to forecast success/failure probabilities. |
FY 1995 |
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Execution 1.1.1.1.01.02/V |
4.2 RTW |
Develop and maintain an integrated project management baseline performance measurement system. |
FY 1997 |
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Execution 1.1.1.1.01.02/V |
4.2 RTW |
Providing, developing, and maintaining a project management system for all projects and interface with TWRS and site management systems (i.e., SMS). |
TBD |
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Execution 1.1.1.1.01.02/V |
4.2 RTW |
Issue final Engineering Data Report (Safety Accident/Reports, Emission/Release Data Reports, Non-Emission Support Data Reports). |
TBD |
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Execution 1.1.1.1.01.02/V |
4.2 RTW |
Implement and maintain a permit database. |
TBD |
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Execution 1.1.1.1.01.02/V |
4.2 RTW |
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FY 1995 to FY 1997 |
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Execution 1.1.1.1.01.02/V |
4.2 RTW |
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TBD |
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Execution 1.1.1.1.01.02/V |
4.2 RTW |
Maintain an information database of work process improvement. |
FY 1995 to FY 1997 |
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Execution 1.1.1.1.01.02/V |
4.2 RTW |
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FY 1995 |
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Execution 1.1.1.1.01.02/V |
4.2 RTW |
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FY 1996 |
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Execution 1.1.1.1.01.02/V |
4.2 RTW |
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FY 1997 |
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Evaluation 1.1.1.1.01.03/V |
4.2 RTW |
Using available data information systems and computer "hardware and software" collect, monitor, and analyze programmatic performance/cost and schedule activity. Provide reporting capabilities (ADS/FDS Scheduling, Reporting and Analysis, SMS Report, Monthly/Quarterly Performance Reviews, and Unmatched Report). |
TBD |
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Evaluation 1.1.1.1.01.03/V |
4.2 RTW |
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TBD |
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Technical Integration and Planning 1.1.1.2.01.01/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
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TBD |
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Tank Farm Compliance and Corrective Activities 1.1.1.2.01.02/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
Prepare and implement new OSR in Tank Farms for improving the safety bases. Major DMP end-item deliverables:
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TBD |
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Tank Farm 200 East Storage Facility 1.1.1.2.01.03/V and Tank Farm 200 West Storage Facility 1.1.1.2.01.04/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
Major DMP end-item deliverables:
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TBD |
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Tank Farm SST Stabilization 1.1.1.2.01.05/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
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FY 1995 |
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Tank Farm Evaporator/AW and AP Tank Farm Operations 1.1.1.2.01.06/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
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TBD |
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Tank Farm Retired Facilities 1.1.1.2.01.07/V |
4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
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FY 1995 to FY 2028 |
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Waste Tank Technical Integration and Planning 1.1.1.2.02.01/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
Specific workscope includes the preparation of the WTS input for the Fiscal Year Work Plan, the TWRS Baseline Plan, the Activity Data Sheet submittal, the MYPP, and the Five-Year Plan; and preparation and updates to the sub-activity program plans as requested. |
TBD |
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Hydrogen Mitigation 1.1.1.2.02.02/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
A DACS, MIT, GMS, and an in-tank video are included to control pump operations. Other support equipment includes the upgrade of the DACS System to accommodate the new instrumentation. |
TBD |
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Waste Tank Ferrocyanide Safety Program 1.1.1.2.02.03/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
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TBD |
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Waste Tank Flammable Gas Safety Program 1.1.1.2.02.04/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
The scope of this activity includes defining the hazard of hydrogen and other gases through waste characterization, mechanistic studies, and tank data evaluation, and identifying ways to mitigate the hazard. Specific tasks applicable to data management include developing physical and numerical models to simulate gas release phenomenon and to evaluate strategies for mitigation of flammable gas releases, developing analytical techniques for characterization of chelators in tank waste that are not amenable to EPA-accepted methodology, flammability monitoring, obtaining and analyzing dome space grab samples and auger surface samples, core sampling and analysis (provided by Characterization), evaluating and interpreting data, each tank hooking up instruments to the TMACS. Obtaining tank farm readings as required for the final safety basis will be conducted by Tank Farm Operations and Maintenance. |
TBD |
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Waste Tank Organic Safety Program 1.1.1.2.02.05/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
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TBD |
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Waste Tank High-Heat Safety Program 1.1.1.2.02.06/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
The focus of initial activities for resolution of the high-heat generation safety issue consists of developing a thermal model for predicting the among of cooling liquid required versus the temperature of the waste, and validating the model with characterization data (core sampling and analysis is provided by Characterization). A SAP test will be conducted in tank 241-C-106 to minimize liquid inventory. An in-tank video system will be installed to monitor the liquid-waste interface during the SAP. All work will be coordinated with the pre-retrieval activities being conducted by Retrieval. |
TBD |
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Miscellaneous Underground Storage Tanks 1.1.1.2.02.07/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
TWRS will provide for the sampling, characterization and evaluation of the miscellaneous underground tanks. Specific tasks include the prioritization of tank sampling, determination of sampling methods, and development of a characterization plan; preparation of safety assessments; sample collection and characterization; installation of monitoring equipment, if necessary; specific tank evaluation reports; and corrective actions as appropriate. |
TBD |
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Waste Tank Vapor Resolution 1.1.1.2.02.08/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
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TBD |
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Waste Tank Nuclear Criticality 1.1.1.2.02.09/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
Methods and analyses will be adopted to estimate fissile material inventories and distributions within the waste tanks. All sampling and analysis activities conducted by Characterization will be designed properly with statistically significant protocols to establish the content of fissile material and distribution within the tanks, as well as provide quantified uncertainties. Investigations of tank anomalies will include monitoring for short-lived isotopes to determine if a criticality occurred, and detection criteria will be developed to ensure that monitoring would detect in-tank criticality accidents. Continuous air monitors capable of detecting and distinguishing short-lived fission products will be use. |
TBD |
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Waste Tank Hydroxide Control 1.1.1.2.02.11/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
· Phase 2 activities will begin with small-scale testing to model the performance of various pump configurations, and an engineering study utilizing core sample analyses (core sampling and analysis is provided by Characterization) and results from Phase 1 mixing operations to evaluate the alternatives and to identify the technology that needs to be developed before a final mitigation method is selected and implemented. |
TBD |
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Technical Integration and Planning 1.1.1.2.03.01/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
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FY 1995 to FY 1997 |
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Configuration Management 1.1.1.2.03.02/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
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FY 1995 to FY 1997 |
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Life Management 1.1.1.2.03.03/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
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FY 1995 to FY 1997 |
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Instrument and Control/Electrical Upgrades 1.1.1.2.03.06/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.2 PW |
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FY 1995 to FY 1997 |
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Tank Farm Restoration and Safe Operation MSA, Project W-314 1.1.1.2.03.07/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
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FY 1995 to FY 1997 |
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Technical Integration and Planning 1.1.1.2.04.01/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
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FY 1995 to FY 1997 |
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Technology Development and Applied Engineering 1.1.1.2.04.02/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
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TBD |
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Field Sampling and Measurement 1.1.1.2.04.03/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
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TBD |
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Analytical Integration 1.1.1.2.04.04/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
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TBD |
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Data Evaluation and Reporting 1.1.1.2.04.05/V |
4.2.1 MTW |
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TBD |
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Data Evaluation and Reporting 1.1.1.2.04.05/V (Continued) |
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Technical Integration and Planning 1.1.1.2.05.01/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.2 PW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
· Provide near-term and long-term planning and program coordination for waste retrieval (PNL/WHC) -Schedule tracking and assessment of the Fiscal Year Work Plans, MYPPs, and Activity Data Sheets for budget submittal and baseline schedule coordination. -Enact, monitor, and control baseline program plans, integrated planning for DST, SST, and miscellaneous underground storage tank retrieval. |
TBD |
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Technical Development and Applied Engineering 1.1.1.2.05.02/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.2 PW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
-Identification and specification of characterization data requirements. -Analytical investigations. |
TBD |
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Facility Operations 1.1.1.2.05.03/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.2 PW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
Incremental tank farm operations support during the initial operation of the retrieval systems is required along with the monitoring and control of the retrieval operations. Retrieval data collection and analysis of results also will be provided. Subsequent to retrieval tank operations (interim DST storage) and monitoring of all of the tank farms until closure will be a function of Tank Farm Operations. |
TBD |
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Systems Definition 1.1.1.2.05.04/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.2 PW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
Providing the development, monitoring, and control of baseline project specific plans, integrated planning for DST, SST, and MUST retrieval (incorporating the TWRS process flowsheet), definition of waste retrieval project design requirements, identification of project technology development and demonstration needs, characterization requirements, project specific trade studies on DST, SST, and MUST waste retrieval options, and closure alternatives. (WHC/PNL) |
TBD |
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W-151 101-AZ Retrieval 1.1.1.2.05.05/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.2 PW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
· Demonstrate mixer pump operation and sludge mobilization of waste Tank 101-AZ, -Develop equipment and procedures for removal of tank internal components, -Obtain test data on tank parameters during mixer pump operations · Provide safety analysis, environmental permitting, and quality assurance. |
TBD |
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W-211 Initial Retrieval System 1.1.1.2.05.06/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.2 PW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
· Provide safety analysis, environmental permitting, and quality assurance. |
TBD |
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Final DST Retrieval System 1.1.1.2.05.07/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.2 PW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
· Provide safety analysis, environmental permitting, and quality assurance. |
TBD |
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W-315 Pilot Scale Retrieval 1.1.1.2.05.08/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.2 PW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
Provide equipment to retrieve quantities of tank waste suitable for pilot-scale pretreatment process development tests and for treatment (HLW and LLW) waste form qualification. Included is the development of requirements, equipment development, design, procurement, construction, startup, regulatory permitting, and safety analysis necessary for this effort. |
TBD |
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W-320 106-C Sluicing 1.1.1.2.05.09/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
The 106-C Sluicing project scope includes environmental permits and safety analysis required to construct and operate retrieval systems for 241-C-106 wastes. |
TBD |
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W-340 Long Reach Arm 1.1.1.2.05.11/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
The project scope includes environmental permits and safety analysis required for long reach manipulator retrieval of Tank 241-C-106 waste. |
TBD |
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SST Closure Demonstration 1.1.1.2.05.12/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
Provide safety analysis, environmental permitting, and quality assurance. |
TBD |
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SST Closure 1.1.1.2.05.13/V |
4.2.1 MTW 4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
Provide safety analysis, environmental permitting for retrieval wastes from SSTs not included in the Tank Farm selected for initial closure to satisfy Tri-Party Agreement Milestone M-45-05. |
TBD |
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Miscellaneous Underground Storage Tank Retrieval Systems 1.1.1.2.05.14/V |
Provide safety analysis and environmental permitting for retrieval of wastes from MUSTs for closure. |
TBD | |
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Technical Integration and Planning 1.1.1.3.01.01/V |
4.2.2 PW |
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FY 1995 to FY 1997 |
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Technical Development and Applied Engineering 1.1.1.3.01.02/V |
4.2.2 PW |
The functional products of the Technology Development and Applied Engineering are essentially technical laboratory data on LLW and HLW pretreatment alternatives that will be used in trade studies to evaluate alternatives and provide information for the design of the design of the selected alternatives. Priority will be given to developing data for the reference LLW and HLW pretreatment process and alternatives or enhancements that might reduce area of high programmatic risks. |
TBD |
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W-236B Pretreatment Facility (IPM) 1.1.1.3.01.05/V |
4.2.2 PW |
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FY 1995 to FY 2004 |
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High Level Waste Pretreatment 1.1.1.3.01.06/V |
4.2.2 PW |
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FY 1995 to FY 2008 |
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Technical Integration and Planning 1.1.1.3.02.01/V |
4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
Plan and implement the business plans to support:
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TBD |
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Technical Development and Applied Engineering 1.1.1.3.02.02/V |
4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
Disposal System Selection: Technology studies are necessary to support disposal system engineering and design. These include developing and documenting a technical basis for disposal systems, data needs for the PA to eliminate conservatism and provide a defensible PA, and modeling to ensure the overall disposal system will perform. |
TBD |
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Facility Operations 1.1.1.3.02.03/V |
4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
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FY 1995 to FY 2022 |
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Systems Definition 1.1.1.3.02.04/V |
4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
- Prepare interim PA
· Develop strategy and maintain compliance documentation
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TBD |
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Low-Level Vitrification Facility 1.1.1.3.02.05/V |
4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
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FY 1995 to FY 2022 |
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Grout Facilities 1.1.1.3.02.06/V |
4.2.3 MSGW&EF |
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TBD |
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Technical Integration and Planning 1.1.1.3.03.01/V |
4.2.2 PW |
Provide management, planning and integration leading to:
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TBD |
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Technology Development and Applied Engineering 1.1.1.3.03.02/V |
4.2.2 PW |
Provide information to support:
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TBD |
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HLW Facility 1.1.1.3.03.05/V |
4.2.2 PW |
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TBD |
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HWVP Project Closeout 1.1.1.3.03.06/V |
4.2.2 PW |
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TBD |
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NOTE: All the acronyms used in Table 4-1 are listed in the List of Terms, Chapter III of RL-94-94. | |||
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The Overview chapter of this document discusses the high-level company roles and responsibilities for data management. The following is a brief description of some organizations known to be actively involved in strategic data planning, data administration, data analysis and design, and database administration:
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10 CFR 61, 1992, "Licensing Requirements for Land Disposal of Radioactive Waste," Code of Federal Regulations, as amended.
10 CFR 71, 1992, "Packaging and Transportation of Radioactive Material," Code of Federal Regulations, as amended.
29 CFR 1910, 1992, "Occupational Health and Safety Standards," Code of Federal Regulations, as amended.
40 CFR 61, 1991, "National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants," Code of Federal Regulations, as amended.
40 CFR 260, 1992, "Hazardous Waste Management System: General," Code of Federal Regulations, as amended.
40 CFR 261, 1991, "Identification and Listing of Hazardous Waste," Code of Federal Regulations, as amended.
40 CFR 262, 1991, "Standards Applicable to Generators of Hazardous Waste," Code of Federal Regulations, as amended.
40 CFR 264, 1991, "Standards for Owners and Operators of Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage, and Disposal," Code of Federal Regulations , as amended.
40 CFR 268, 1991, "Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR)," Code of Federal Regulations, as amended.
Baynes, P. A., T. W. Woods, and J. L. Collings, 1993, Tank Waste Remediation System Mission Analysis, WHC-EP-0627, Rev. 0, Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, Washington.
Comprehensive Environmental, Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980, 42 USC 9601, et seq.
Defense Authorization Act, Public Law 101-510, "Safety Measures for Waste Tanks at Hanford Nuclear Reservation," Section 3137 (also known as the Wyden Amendment or Wyden Bill).
DOE, 1991, Nuclear Safety Policy, SEN-35-91, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
DOE-OCRWM, 1993, Waste Acceptance System Requirements Document, WA-8RD, DOE/RW-0351P, Rev. 0, Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management, Washington, D.C.
DOE Order 4700.1, Project Management System, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
DOE Order 5400.3, Hazardous and Radioactive Mixed Waste Program, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
DOE Order 5400.5, Radiation Protection of the Public and Environment , U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
DOE Order 5481.1B, Safety Analysis and Review System, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
DOE Order 5820.2A, Radioactive Waste Management, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
DOE/RL, 1994a, Tank Waste Remediation System Functions and Requirements , Rev 1, DOE/RL-92-60, U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office, Richland, Washington, March 1994.
DOE/RL, 1994b, Fiscal Year 1995 Hanford Mission Plan, "Site Guidance," Volume 1, DOE/RL-93-102, U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office, Richland, Washington, September 1994.
DOE/RL, 1994c, Tank Waste Remediation System, Information Resource Management Policy, Annex 2, DOE/RL-93-0106, U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office, Richland, Washington, November 30, 1994.
DOE/RL, 1994d, Tank Waste Remediation System Program Implementation Plan , DOE/RL-92-58, U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office, Richland, Washington, Volumes I and II, June 1994.
DOE/RL, 1994e, Recommendation 93-5 Implementation Plan, DOE/RL-94-01, U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office, Richland, Washington.
DOE-RL, 1994f, Strategic Plan for Hanford Site Information Management , DOE/RL-94-69, U.S. Department of Energy, Richland Operations Office, Richland, Washington.
DOE/WIPP, 1991, Waste Acceptance Criteria for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, DOE/WIPP-069, Rev. 4, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C.
Duffy, L. P., 1991, "Secretary Decision Concerning the Tank Waste Remediation System, Hanford Site," memorandum to John D. Wagoner, Manager, DOE Field Office, Richland, Washington, December 20, 1991, U.S. Department of Energy-Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Ecology, EPA, and DOE, 1994, Hanford Federal Facility Agreement and Consent Order, Fourth Amendment, Washington State Department of Ecology, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, and U.S. Department of Energy, Olympia, Washington.
Holmes, J. J., 1993, Systems Engineering Functions and Requirements for the Hanford Cleanup Mission, WHC-EP-0722, Draft A, Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, Washington.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976, 42 USC 6901, es seq.
WAC 173-303, "Dangerous Waste Regulations," Washington Administrative Code, as amended.
WHC, 1992, Waste Tank Project Administration Manual, WHC-IP-0842, Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, Washington.
WHC, 1995, Tank Waste Remediation System Information System Definition Engineering Study, WHC-SD-WMPLN-087, revision 0, Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, Washington.
WHC-CM-3-10, Software Practices, Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, Washington.
WHC-CM-7-5, Environmental Compliance, Westinghouse Hanford Company, Richland, Washington.
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<1>Current and future tank waste and the strontium/cesium capsules.
<2>Minimal expenditure of resources consistent with minimizing life-cycle costs of waste storage.