Source Term Remediation and Demolition Strategy for the Hanford K-Area Spent Fuel Basins

摘要

This paper discusses the technologiesapplied at Hanford’s K-Basins to mitigate riskand reduce the source term in preparing thebasins for deactivation and demolition. Theseproject technologies/strategies (in various stagesof implementation) are sequential in nature andare the basis for preparing to dispose of the KBasins - two highly contaminated concretebasins at the Hanford Site in southeasternWashington State. A large collection of spentnuclear fuel stored for many years underwater atthe K Basins has been removed to stable, dry,safe storage. Remediation activities areunderway to prepare the basin structures for deinventory,decontamination, and disposal.