TA-50 Brief Description

4.27.1 Site Description TA-50 is located near the center of the Laboratory [Table 4-25 and Figure 4-27 (index map of TA- 50)]. The site contains 33 waste management structures, including office trailers, tanks, storage sheds, and four buildings. Approximately 110 persons participate in the following waste management activities: • treating radioactive liquid waste; • decontaminating respirators, equipment, instruments, vehicles, and waste items; • reducing the size of transuranic wastes; and • characterizing transuranic wastes. 4.27.2 Facilities Description The facilities at TA-50 support the Laboratory’s waste management activities for several types of waste, including storing or disposing of solid and liquid, low-level radioactive waste (LLW), lowlevel mixed waste, transuranic (TRU) waste, and hazardous waste. The major facilities at TA-50 are the Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility (RLWTF); Waste Characterization, Reduction, and Repackaging Facility (WCRRF), formerly known as the Size Reduction Facility; and the Radioactive Materials Research, Operations, and Demonstration (RAMROD) Facility, formerly known as the Controlled Air Incinerator (CAI).       ©2004 lasg.org