Document: NUREG-0800
Document ID: 4bd45d7d-29f4-4741-af71-92f8172245e1
Document Type: srp
Title: SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Source: NUREG-0800
Source URL: https://www.nrc.gov/docs/ML0707/ML070710397.pdf
Revision Date: 2023-06
Chapter: 11
Section ID: 11.4
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REVIEW RESPONSIBILITIES Primary - Organization responsible for the review of effectiveness of radwaste systems. Secondary - Organizations responsible for the review of (1) radwaste system design and performance, and (2) solid waste materials. I. AREAS OF REVIEW The solid waste management system (SWMS) manages radioactive wastes, as liquid, wet, and dry solid wastes, produced during normal operation and anticipated operational occurrences. Review of the SWMS includes design features that are necessary for collecting, handling, processing, and storing wastes. This encompasses the design, design objectives, design criteria, treatment methods, and expected releases, including the description of the SWMS, mobile equipment connected to permanently installed systems, piping and instrumentation diagrams (P&IDs), process and effluent radiation monitoring and control instrumentation, and process flow diagrams showing the operational methods and factors that influence waste treatment. The review includes an evaluation of any additional equipment that may be necessary to process liquid, dry, and wet wastes and route them to the point of discharge from the SWMS or to prepare them for shipment to authorized offsite disposal sites or licensed radioactive waste processors. The specific areas of review are as follows: 1. Design objectives in terms of expected and design volumes of liquid and wet wastes to be handled and processed (e.g., sludge, resins, filters, process concentrates, and 11.4-2 Revision 3 - March 2007 charcoal) and dry solid wastes and materials (e.g., high-efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters, contaminated tools, equipment, plastics, glass, metals, rags, paper, and clothing), including expected radionuclide distributions and concentrations, chemicals, and mixed wastes (characterized by the presence of hazardous chemicals and radioactive materials). Expected waste volumes and radioactivity inventories to be shipped for disposal, shipped to waste processors for