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Standardized Test Methods for Use in Waste Compliance Testing in the Department of Energy'S Waste Acceptance Process

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 February 2011

George B. Mellinger
George B. Mellinger*
Affiliation:
Materials Characterization Center, Pacific Northwest Laboratory Battelle Boulevard, Richland, WA 99352
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Summary:

Standardized test methods that are currently in use or under development appear to adequately cover most of the testing that may be required to demonstrate compliance with the WAPS. It may be important to complete standardization of those tests that are under development, and to develop additional standardized tests for those specifications for which no standardized tests exist. A significant amount of work would be involved in this effort. Therefore, before this effort is undertaken, DOE must decide whether there is a need for a set of standardized test methods that would receive an “official approval” for use in waste compliance testing. If a set of approved tests is needed, DOE would need to determine what types of tests to include in the “approved list”, who should develop these tests, and which organizations should review and approve the test methods. Test method review and approval might be accomplished through the use of the Materials Review Board (MRB), an organization that was created by DOE for the purpose of reviewing and approving key test methods and data related to the repository licensing process. Alternatively, other means of standardizing these tests might be considered, such as processing the tests through the American Society for Testing and Materials for publication as ASTM standards.

If a set of approved tests is adopted, producers would not be required to use these tests; however, if a producer wished to propose other tests for compliance testing, it would be reasonable to require that such test procedures undergo a review/approval process similar to that which the officially approved tests had undergone. Once approved, these alternate procedures could be used for compliance testing.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 84: Symposium L – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management X , 1986 , 483
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1987

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