Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: dde3601f-5c9c-402e-b23c-8b7adb773461
Document Type: srp
Title: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS1
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0520/ML052070611.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 11
Section ID: 11.4
CFR Part: 
CFR Title: 

Content:
ow handling during transportation and disposal without container breach. Gas generation from organic materials in waste containers can also lead to container breach and potentially flammable/explosive conditions. To minimize the number of potential problems, the waste form gas generation rates from radiolysis, biodegradation, or chemical reaction should be evaluated with respect to container breach and the creation of flammable or explosive conditions. Unless storage containers are equipped with special vent designs which allow depressurization and do not permit the migration of radioactive materials, resins highly loaded with radioactive material, such as BWR reactor water cleanup system resins, should not be stored for a period in excess of approximately one year. A program of at least periodic (quarterly) visual inspection of container integrity (swelling, corrosion products, breach) should be performed. Inspection can be accomplished by use of TV monitors; by walkthroughs if storage facility layout, shielding, and the container storage array permit; or by selecting waste containers that are representative of the types of waste and containers stored in the facility and placing them in a location specifically designed for inspection purposes. All inspection procedures developed should minimize occupational exposure. The use of high integrity containers (300 year lifetime design) would permit an inspection program of reduced scope. DRAFT Rev. 3 - April 1996 11.4-24 (c) If possible, the preferred location of the additional storage facility is inside the plant protected area. If adequate space in the protected area is not available, the storage facility should be placed on the plant site and both a physical security program (fence, locked and alarmed gates and doors, periodic patrols) and a restricted area for radiation protection purposes should be established. The facility should not be placed in a location that requires transportation of the waste over public