INTEGRATING RISK ANALYSES AND TOOLS AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HANFORD SITE

May 1, 2002

Conference Paper

INTEGRATING RISK ANALYSES AND TOOLS AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HANFORD SITE

Abstract

Risk assessment and environmental impact analysis at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford Site in Washington State has made significant progress in refining the strategy for using risk analysis to support the closing several hundred waste sites plus 149 single-shell tanks (SST) at the Hanford Site. A Single-Shell Tank System Closure Work Plan outlines the current basis for closing the SST systems. An analogous site approach has been developed to address closure of aggregated groups of similar waste sites. Because of the complexity, decision time frames, proximity of non-tank farm waste sites to tank farms, scale, and regulatory considerations, various projects are providing integrated assessments to support risk analyses and decision-making.

Revised: August 15, 2005 | Published: May 1, 2002

Citation

Lober R.W., R.M. Yasek, J.G. Morse, J.W. Buck, C.C. Henderson, T.L. Sams, and A.L. Bunn, et al. 2002. INTEGRATING RISK ANALYSES AND TOOLS AT THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY HANFORD SITE. In Waste Management Symposium 2002. Tucson, Arizona:Waste Management Symposium 2002. PNNL-SA-35746.