Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty, express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsibility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Reference herein to any specific commercial product, process or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recommendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Government or any agency thereof. This report has been reproduced directly from the best available copy. The majority of the TRU waste is the result of routine maintenance activities performed in the plutonium processing operations.
Typical waste includes wipes, tape, cardboard, paper towels, gloves, bags, plastic suits, and tools.
Unfortunately, some of this waste is commingled with unacceptable items such as resins and aerosol cans. The inspection and segregation module will permit manipulation of the contents so that all non-compliant items are removed from the waste stream. The process waste reduction module will provide size-reduction of the original waste container to fit into the repackaging container being filled with WIPP compliant waste. The split plug bagless transfer system was developed at SRTC using metal cans and modified commercial welding and cutting tools for the processing of special nuclear materials. The process utilizes a welding and cutting operation to fuse and then separate the storage container from a glovebox environment while maintaining both glovebox and storage container integrity.