SCO Shipments From Rocky Flats: Experience and Current Practice

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• Creators:
  Bracken, G. ; Morris, R. L.
• Corporate Contributors:
  Rocky Mountain Remediation Services ; Safe Sites of Colorado ; United States. Department of Energy
• Subject/TRT Terms:
  • Hazardous wastes
  • Radioactive materials
  • Radioactive wastes
  • Shipping
  • Containers
  • Decommissioning
  • Low level radioactive wastes
  • Packaging
  • Radioactive waste management
  • Radiometric analysis
  More +
• Resource Type:
  Research Paper
• Geographical Coverage:
  United States
• Corporate Publisher:
  United States. Dept. of Energy
• NTL Classification:
  NTL-ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT-Hazardous Materials Transportation ; NTL-LAWS AND REGULATIONS-Federal Standards and Rules ; NTL-LAWS AND REGULATIONS-Federal Laws ; NTL-SAFETY AND SECURITY-SAFETY AND SECURITY
• Abstract:
  Decommissioning activities at Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS) are expected to generate approximately 251,000 cubic meters of low-level radioactive waste. Almost half of this will be characterized and shipped as the Department of Transportation "Surface Contaminated Object" (SCO) shipping class. In the 2 years since an SCO characterization method was implemented, almost 11,000 of the 18,000 cubic meters of low-level waste were SCO. RFETS experience to-date using an SCO waste characterization method has shown significant time and cost savings, reduced errors, and enhanced employee safety. SCO waste is characterized prior to packaging, near the point of generation, by any of the site's 300 Radiological Control Technicians using inexpensive rediological control survey instruments.
• Format:
  PDF
• Download URL:
  https://rosap.ntl.bts.gov/view/dot/15291/dot_15291_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 763.66 KB]
• Collection(s):
  US Transportation Collection
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:b30d44e38c846ce217630fc80914ea64bace1b1570458fd5c5cdc9942a65168f