Massachusetts Total Hazard Classification System

(1) The data to be derived from a total hazard classification system for Massachusetts shall be used in tracking waste generation and in the siting, design, performance assessment, licensing, closure, monitoring, and possible remediation of future facilities. They may also be used to make assessments and decisions on other waste management needs, such as the need for additional waste minimization and other waste treatment steps and for negotiation of agreements, contracts, or interstate compacts with other states. (2) The classification system shall consist of: (a) A survey, or data acquisition tool, to allow detailed characterization of each waste stream; (b) An inventory, or data compilation tool; (c) A codification system to allow categorization, classification, and data sorting; (d) Acodificationsystemto allow identification, management, and disposal consistent with other federal and state regulations (e.g., NRC, EPA, DEP); (e) A data manipulation and analytic tool to process and compile data by any characteristics of interest and for any need; and (f) A classification and tracking (manifest) system to allowoperation, monitoring, and remediation, if necessary, at potential storage, treatment, or disposal facilities. (3) The Massachusetts LLRW disposal classification system shall be as set forth in Table 1.13A. TABLE 1.13A Classification for Licensed LLRW Disposal Disposal Class Description HVLA High Volume, Low Activity Waste. AU Class A unstable LLRW. AS Class A stable LLRW. B Class B LLRW per NRC. C Class C LLRW per NRC. GTCC Greater-than-Class-C - not suited for near- surface disposal.* AU-H Class A unstable LLRW with treated RCRA/DEP hazardous waste components. AS-H Class A stable LLRW with treated RCRA/DEP hazardous waste components. B-H Class B LLRW with treated RCRA/DEP hazardous waste components. C-H Class C LLRW with treated RCRA/DEP hazardous waste components. GTCC-H Greater than Class C LLRW with treated RCRA/DEP hazardous waste components - not suitable for near-surface disposal.* * GTCC waste is the responsibility of the federal government and is not LLRW. GTCC is classified here for tracking purposes only. 1.13: continued Table 1.13B Maximum Average Concentrations in High Volume, Low Activity Waste Americium-241 Neptunium-237 Americium-243 Nickel-59 Antimony-124 Nickel-63 Antimony-125 Niobium-94 Barium-133 Plutonium-238 Beryllium-7 Plutonium-238 8.2E03 pCi/g* Cadmium-109 Plutonium-239 Calcium-45 Plutonium-240 Carbon-14 Plutonium-241 Cerium-139 Plutonium-241 1.1E03 pCi/g* Cerium-141 Plutonium-242 Cerium-144 Polonium-210 Cesium-134 Potassium-40 Cesium-135 Promethium-147 4.0E03 pCi/g* Cesium-137 Radium-226 2.0E03 pCi/g* Chromium-51 Radium-228 Cobalt-56 Radium-228 (1 yr) 1.2E03 pCi/g* Cobalt-57 Radium-228 (5 yrs) 6.7E02 pCi/g* Cobalt-58 Radium-228 (10 yrs) 5.6E02 pCi/g* Cobalt-60 Rubidium-83 Copper-67 Ruthenium-106 1.9E04 pCi/g* Curium-242 Scandium-46 Curium-242 8.1E03 pCi/g* Selenium-75 Curium-243 Silver-108m Curium-243 1.3E03 pCi/g* Silver-110m Curium-244 Sodium-22 Curium-244 7.4E03 pCi/g* Strontium-85 Europium-152 Strontium-89 Europium-154 Strontium-90 Europium-155 Sulfur-35 Gadolinium-153 Technetium-99 Germanium-68 4.0E03 pCi/g* Thorium-230 Gold-195 Thorium-232 6.8E02 pCi/g* Hafnium-181 Tin-113 Hydrogen-3 Uranium-234 345 CMR: R: LOW-LEVEL VEL RADI RADIOAC ACTIVE W VE WAS ASTE MAN ANAGEM AGEMENT BO BOARD ARD 1.13: continued Maximum Average Concentrations in High Volume, Low Activity Waste Iodine-125 Uranium-235 Iodine-129 Uranium-236 Iridium-192 Uranium-238 Iron-55 Uranium-natural Iron-59 Uranium-depleted Lead-210 2.3E05 pCi/g* Yttrium-91 Manganese-54 Zinc-65 Mercury-203 Zirconium-95 5.0E02 pCi/g* * Daughters are assumed to be present at same concentrations in equilibrium. (4) The following parameters shall, where applicable to a given waste type, be collected and evaluated in the classification of LLRW: (a) generator identification; (b) location of waste generated - city/town; (c) waste type; (d) radioactivity - totalactivity, radioisotopic content ofwaste stream, specific activity, millicuries or millicuries/container for each radionuclide; (e) container radiation levels, if applicable - range of levels and typicallevelfor the waste stream; (f) treatment performed on-site, volume and activity reduction achieved; (g) physical matrix, if applicable - solidification or sorption media; (h) EPA/DEP hazard code(s), ifapplicable - before and after treatment and EPA/DEP treatment employed; (i) chelating agents - type and amounts greater than 1%; (j) type of containers and number of each type used each year for storage or disposal ­ description, dimensions, full weight, disposal volume; (k) disposal class - Massachusetts/NRC compatible classification; (l) disposal site used; (m) storage site used; (n) total volume/year; (o) volume and activity shipped to broker or processor; (p) treatment used by broker or processor; (q) volume and activity delivered from broker or processor for storage or disposal; (r) broker and processor identification; (s) volume and activity held in storage for future disposal; (t) storage location - city/town; (u) treatment of stored waste planned prior to disposal; (v) expected volume, activity, and disposal class of stored waste after treatment; (w) expected shipment date of stored waste; (x) total volume and activity of waste stream held for decay to level not requiring licensed radioactive waste treatment or land disposal; (y) identification of disposal techniques used other than storage for decay or licensed off-site disposal - volume and activity so managed;and (z) termination ofproduction ofwaste streamor decommissioning waste streams - date expected, type of waste, volume, activity, percent major radionuclides.