High Level Waste Storage Tanks
GPTKB entity
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| gptkbp:instanceOf |
gptkb:nuclear_reactor
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| gptkbp:associatedWith |
nuclear weapons production
nuclear fuel reprocessing |
| gptkbp:capacity |
hundreds of thousands of gallons
|
| gptkbp:constructedOf |
gptkb:steel
|
| gptkbp:contains |
gptkb:uranium
gptkb:strontium-90 gptkb:technetium-99 cesium-137 plutonium radioactive isotopes transuranic elements |
| gptkbp:designedFor |
prevent leakage of radioactive materials
|
| gptkbp:establishedIn |
1940s
|
| gptkbp:foundIn |
nuclear power plants
nuclear reprocessing plants |
| https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label |
High Level Waste Storage Tanks
|
| gptkbp:locatedIn |
gptkb:Hanford_Site
gptkb:Idaho_National_Laboratory gptkb:Savannah_River_Site |
| gptkbp:materialStored |
liquid radioactive waste
sludge supernate |
| gptkbp:monitors |
leak detection systems
radiation sensors |
| gptkbp:regulates |
gptkb:Nuclear_Regulatory_Commission
gptkb:U.S._Department_of_Energy |
| gptkbp:requires |
maintenance
remote monitoring ventilation systems periodic inspection emergency response plans waste vitrification eventual waste retrieval secondary containment waste immobilization |
| gptkbp:riskFactor |
environmental contamination
groundwater pollution |
| gptkbp:subject |
aging
federal regulations state regulations environmental impact assessments corrosion structural degradation |
| gptkbp:usedFor |
storage of high-level radioactive waste
|
| gptkbp:bfsParent |
gptkb:Sellafield
|
| gptkbp:bfsLayer |
7
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