Safety Culture at the Waste Treatment and (original) (raw)
Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant Attachment cc w/attach
2013
This letter provides you the deliverable responsive to Commitment 5.7.3.4 ofthe U. S. Department of Energy (DOE) Plan to Address Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) Vessel Mixing Issues; Implementation Plan (IP) for Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 2010-2. The attached report identifies key inputs, assumptions, safety margin uncertainties, and nuclear safety parameters required to be included in the Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC) for waste delivered from the Hanford tank farms to the WTP. The information in this report also provides input to the IP deliverables for Commitments 5.5.3.1, Initial gap analysis between WTP WAC and tankfarm sampling and transfer capability, and 5.7.3.1, Establish the plan and schedule to systematically evaluate the hazards ofknow technical issue, M3 vessel assessment summary report, LOAMbenchmark data, and LSITresults. Deliverables for Commitments 5.5.3.1 and 5.7.3.1 will be provided to the DNFSB later this year per the I...
Toe Environmental Protection Agency was established in 1993 to license, regulate and control activities for the purposes of environmental protection. In Section 60 of the Environmental Protection Agency Act, 1992, it is stated that "the Agency may, and shall if so directed by the Minister, specify and publisñ criteria and procedures, which in the opinion of the Agency are reasonable and desirable for the purposes of environmental protection, in relation to the management, maintenance, supervision, operation or use of ali or specified classes ofplant, sewers or drainage pipes vested in or controlled or used by a sanitary authority for the ..... treatment or disposal of any sewage or other effluent to any waters ". Criteria and procedures in relation to the treatment and disposal of sewage are being published by the Agency in a number of manuals under the general heading: 'Waste Water Treatment Manuals'. Where criteria and procedures are published by the Agency, a sanitary authority shall, in the performance of its functions, have regard to them. This manual on Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Treatment sets out the general principies and practices which should be followed by those involved in the treatment of urban waste water. It provides criteria and procedures for the · proper managernent, maintenance, supervision, operation and use of the processes and equipment required for the secondary treatment of wastewater. Toe Agency hopes that it will provide practica) guidance to those involved in plant operation, use, managernent, maintenance and supervision. Where reference in the document is made to proprietary equipment, this is intended as indicating equipment type and is not to be interpreted as endorsing or excluding any particular manufacturer or system. The Agency welcomes any suggestions which users of the manual wish to make. These should be retumed to the Environmental Management and Planning Division at the Agency headquarters on the enclosed User Comrnent Form.