Glovebox decontamination and size reduction data developed in the Los Alamos Large Scale Demonstration and Deployment Project (LSDDP) supports and reinforces the decision that the minimum waste management cost to DOE is on-site disposal of decontaminated large metal objects, as opposed to simple size reduction and disposal as transuranics waste. The LSDDP, in support of the US Department of Energy (DOE), identified and demonstrated technologies to reduce the cost and risk of management of transuranic (TRU) element contaminated large metal objects, I.e., gloveboxes. The Decontamination and Volume Reduction System (DVRS) at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) was designed to process and repackage a crated glovebox line for disposal at the Low Level Waste (LLW) disposal area at LANL. Decontamination and size reduction data was developed by the LSDDP for five decontamination technologies and 4 metal cutting technologies to support the DVRS mission. Cost estimates are developed for a reference glovebox processed at DVRS for disposal under three scenarios; as TRU waste for WIPP, as LLW processed by baseline technologies, and as LLW processed using the demonstrated lowest cost innovative technologies. The results show that the baseline process for glovebox treatment to LLW was more expensive than simple size reduction and shipment to WIPP – for LANL. Application of innovative technologies for decontamination, crate size reduction, glovebox cutting, and improved communications change the conclusion. Application of the innovative technologies makes it more cost effective for LANL to process the glovebox to LLW, separating the TRU contaminants for separate disposal. In addition, the estimate calculates a total cost to DOE, which includes an estimate of the shipping and disposal cost at WIPP. The high costs of preparation for and characterization for WIPP shipment makes it a clear advantage for DOE to treat this particular waste by decontamination to LLW.
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机译：在LOS Alamos大规模演示和部署项目（LSDDP）中开发的Glovebox去污和尺寸减少数据支持并强化DOE最低废物管理成本的决定是现场处理的净化大型金属物体，而不是简单的尺寸减少并作为Transuranics废物处理。 LSDDP支持美国能源部（DOE），确定和证明了减少经阵（TRU）元素的经营的成本和风险污染的大型金属物体，即手套箱。 Los Alamos国家实验室（LANL）的净化和体积减少系统（DVRS）旨在处理和重新打包在LANL的低水平废物（LLW）处理区域处理和重新填写电脑的手套箱。净化和尺寸减少数据是由LSDDP开发的五种净化技术和4种金属切割技术，以支持DVRS任务。为在DVRS处理的参考手套箱开发成本估算，以便在三种情况下处理。作为WIPP的Tru废物，作为基线技术处理的LLW，并且使用所示的最低成本创新技术处理的LLW。结果表明，对于LANL，GloveBox治疗到LLW的基准过程比简单的尺寸减少和装运更昂贵 - 用于LANL。创新技术在净化，板条尺寸减少，手套箱切割和改进通信中的应用改变了结论。创新技术的应用使LANL更具成本效益，以便将手套箱处理到LLW，将TRU污染物分开进行单独处理。此外，估计值计算DOE的总成本，包括在WIPP的运输和处置成本估计。 WIPP装运的准备和表征的高成本使得DOE通过去污来对待这种特殊的浪费来对待这种特殊的废物。
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