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Suggested Citation:"Appendix J Relevant Maps of the Three Sites." National Research Council. 2006. Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11618.
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Appendix J
Relevant Maps of the Three Sites

FIGURE J-1 Map of the Savannah River Site. The GSA is the General Separations Area. The area labeled F is the location of the F Canyon and F Tank Farm. E Area includes low-level waste disposal units. H Area is the location of the H Canyon and H Tank Farm. S Area is the Defense Waste Processing Facility. Z Area is the location of the Saltstone Production Facility and Saltstone Vaults. SOURCE: Buice et al., 2005.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix J Relevant Maps of the Three Sites." National Research Council. 2006. Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11618.
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FIGURE J-2 Topographical map of the General Separations Area at the Savannah River Site. The area labeled F is the location of the F Canyon and F Tank Farm. E Area includes low-level waste disposal units. H Area is the location of the H Canyon and H Tank Farm. S Area is the Defense Waste Processing Facility. Z Area is the location of the Saltstone Production Facility and Saltstone Vaults. GW Divide refers to the line that separates groundwater that flows north to Upper Three Runs from groundwater that flows south to Four Mile Branch.

SOURCE: Buice et al., 2005.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix J Relevant Maps of the Three Sites." National Research Council. 2006. Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11618.
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FIGURE J-3 Hydrologic units and flow directions in the General Separations Area. SOURCE: Buice et al., 2005.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix J Relevant Maps of the Three Sites." National Research Council. 2006. Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11618.
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FIGURE J-4 The Hanford Site. SOURCE: Hanford Site, Washington, available at http://www.pnl.gov/ecomon/Hsmap.HTML.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix J Relevant Maps of the Three Sites." National Research Council. 2006. Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11618.
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FIGURE J-5 Water Table Elevations in Meters (1m = 3.28 feet) and Inferred Groundwater Flow Directions for the Unconfined Aquifer at Hanford, Washington, March 2004. SOURCE: Hartman et al. 2005.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix J Relevant Maps of the Three Sites." National Research Council. 2006. Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11618.
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FIGURE J-6 Idaho National Laboratory. Source: United States Geological Service (USGS), Available at http://wwwrcamnl.wr.usgs.gov/uzf/ineelmap.html.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix J Relevant Maps of the Three Sites." National Research Council. 2006. Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11618.
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FIGURE J-7 Idaho National Laboratory water table. SOURCE: Lockie, 2006.

Suggested Citation:"Appendix J Relevant Maps of the Three Sites." National Research Council. 2006. Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11618.
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DOE Tank Waste: How clean is clean enough? The U.S. Congress asked the National Academies to evaluate the Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) plans for cleaning up defense-related radioactive wastes stored in underground tanks at three sites: the Hanford Site in Washington State, the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, and the Idaho National Laboratory. DOE plans to remove the waste from the tanks, separate out high-level radioactive waste to be shipped to an off-site geological repository, and dispose of the remaining lower-activity waste onsite. The report concludes that DOE’s overall plan is workable, but some important challenges must be overcome—including the removal of residual waste from some tanks, especially at Hanford and Savannah River. The report recommends that DOE pursue a more risk-informed, consistent, participatory, and transparent for making decisions about how much waste to retrieve from tanks and how much to dispose of onsite. The report offers several other detailed recommendations to improve the technical soundness of DOE's tank cleanup plans.

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