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Records Relating to Cesium at the K-25 Plant


General

"Request for Disposal/Storage of Waste Materials and Equipment" [RFD] Records, 1977-Present

Location:

Active:
Inactive:
K-1423, Waste Management Division Document Center

Access Restrictions: Unclassified internal use only. See Site Access section on page 4 for document center access restrictions.

Volume: 39.5 cubic feet in 17 cubic-foot boxes and 15 file drawers labeled "RFDs"

Accession or Other ID Number: None

Condition: Fair

Container Number None

Medium: Paper

Scanning Suitability: Not suitable; data is handwritten on forms

Duplication: No

Arrangement: Numerical by RFD number

Originating Office: Waste Management Division

Finding Aids: Document center database

Disposition AuthorityDOE/1/9B

Series Description: This series consists of request-for-disposal (RFD) forms and any accompanying paperwork, such as analysis forms and shipping manifests since 1977. The forms are completed by various departments whenever a disposition request is made for a collection of waste. The forms include requester name; badge number; plant, division, and department numbers; RFD number; physical state of the waste; container types and ID numbers; weight; indications for polychlorinated biphenyl [PCB], classified, Toxic Substance Control Act [TSCA], Resource Compensation and Recovery Act [RCRA], radioactive, or asbestos waste; primary isotopes of radioactive waste (including quantity, measurement in curies, contamination data [from a Health Physics survey] in disintegrations per minute and millirems per hour (dpm and mRem/h)); shipping name of waste; Department of Energy hazard classification; safety clothing requirements; storage location/final disposition and date; and required signatures.
Lab analysis results may also accompany the RFD if the waste is a composite of many constituents. Tests were done for organics, inorganics, radiation, and PCBs (and include arsenic, chromium, mercury, and cesium). Waste that has been shipped from elsewhere on the Reservation (Y-12, X-10) will have accompanying shipping manifests.

Forms are differentiated between Verified and Nonverified. Information on a Nonverified form has not been verified as being in the computer database ["KWTARS," the K-25 Waste Tracking and Reporting System]. Once the information is entered in the system, the RFD is put into the Verified files.

Data Elements: 8, 16,89, 120


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