Inhibition of Stress Corrosion Cracking of Carbon Steel Storage Tanks at Hanford

摘要

The Hanford tank reservation contains approximately 50 million gallons of liquid legacy radioactive waste from cold war weapons production, which is stored in 177 underground storage tanks. Current plans call for eventual vitrification processing and ultimate disposal of the resulting waste glass logs at the Yucca Mountain Repository. The double shelled carbon steel storage tanks presently used for storage will continue in option until the vitrification plant construction is finalized and waste processing operations completed.