Re: Intermediate Level Waste

["Charles Meyer" <cmeyer@brc1.tdh.state.tx.us>]

> Date:          Thu, 22 Aug 96 06:20:00 -0500
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> Subject:       Re: Intermediate Level Waste

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> In the U.S., there is no "intermediate level waste" category.  There is:  (1)  
> hi level waste - spent fuel and reprocessing products (if we ever reprocess), 
> (2) transuranic waste, and (3) low level waste - everything else.  How do you 
> define the intermediate category? 
>  
> Bill Lipton 
> The opinions expressed are strictly mine. 
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> Date: 21 Aug 96 18:44:34
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> G'day radsafers
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> A quick question seeking a quick answer;-
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> What do YOU do with your intermediate-level waste and what is the ultimate fate
> of YOUR intermediate-level waste??
> 
> Actually, that was two questions!!
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> 
> Regards
> 
> Alex Zapantis
> Environmental Radiation Officer
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Although there is no classification called intermediate waste, there 
is a catagory which one might call intermediate, that is greater than 
class C waste.  This catagory of waste can with the host state's 
approval be disposed in a low-level waste facility, but otherwise is 
the responsibility of DOE, and from what I understand currently may 
wind up with high level waste. 

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