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Y -- TREATMENT AND DISPOSAL OF TRANSURANIC/ALPHA LOW-LEVEL WASTE AT THE OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY SOL DE-RP05-97OR22516 DUE 071897 POC Robert E. French, Contracting Officer, (423)576-4849 WEB: Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office, Procurement & Contracts Division Home Page, http://www.doe.gov/procurement/oro_home.html. E-MAIL: Click here to contract the Contracting Officer via e-mail, frenchre@oro.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is planning to issue a request for proposal (RFP) for treatment and disposal of transuranic/alpha low-level waste presently stored at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). The waste consists of approximately 750 cubic meters of remote handled transuranic sludge and 1,600 cubic meters of alpha low-level liquid supernate stored in below grade tanks, approximately 1,100 cubic meters of contact handled alpha-low level/transuranic waste in drums and boxes, and 500 cubic meters of remote handled alpha low-level/transuranic waste in concrete casks. All waste must be treated to meet Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) and the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC), or the Nevada Test Site (NTS) WAC, depending on the activity of the final waste form. The RFP will be available about April 18, 1997, on the Internet at the Oak Ridge Operations Office, Procurement and Contracts Division's home page under Current Solicitations, address: http://www.doe.gov/procurement/oro_home.html. It will be in WordPerfect 5.1 format. (0090)

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