Re: Liquid waste tank decommissioning!

[Joe Christy <jchristy@SLAC.Stanford.EDU>]

At 09:10 AM 2/3/99 -0600, you wrote:
>Hello!
>
>What is the procedure for putting liquid radioactive waste tanks out of
>service? What I mean is if we were to replace an old tank with a new tank,
>how do we go about getting rid of the old one ( if we have some trace
>amounts of radioactivity still present)
>Any suggestions or comments are appreciated.
>
>Thank you.
>
>Latha Vasudevan	
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Latha:
		           
Depending upon the size, configuration, and components of the tank (and the
amount of radioactivity remaining in the tank), some of the options that
you may want to explore are:

1. Decontaminate the tank for free release.
2. Use the tank as a "strong tight" container for the transport/disposal of
LSA and/or SCO radioactive material [see 49 CFR 173.427(b)].
3. Recycle the tank through metal melting at:
	GTS Duratek
	Bear Creek Operations
	P.O. Box 2530
	1560 Bear Creek Rd.
	Oak Ridge, TN 37831-2530
	Customer Service: 800-663-2966

(For more info on GTS, visit their website at: <http://www.gtsduratek.com/>)

Joe Christy
E-mail: jchristy@slac.stanford.edu
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