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Waste stream knowledge assessment memorandum

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To ensure that the Acceptable Knowledge (AK) documentation relating to the management of potentially reactive, corrosive, ignitable, and incompatible transuranic (TRU) waste materials is adequate, current, and accurately described in existing AK Summary Reports (AKSR), an Acceptable Knowledge Assessment (AKA) will be performed for each waste stream with unshipped containers or containers that are not emplaced. The primary focus of the AKA will be to review and verify the AK documentation associated with the historic and current use of absorbents, immobilization products, and neutralization agents used in the management of potentially corrosive, ignitable, or reactive liquids. In addition, the AKA will assess the specific management of other potentially incompatible or reactive materials generated at the Building 6580 Hot Cell Facility (HCF) and repackaged at the Auxiliary Hot Cell Facility (AHCF) at the Sandia National Laboratory (SNL). The AKA is performed in accordance with Section 4.13 of the Central Characterization Procedure (CCP) CCPTP- 005, CCP Acceptable Knowledge Documentation. This AKA specifically addresses the subpopulation of containers previously certified by CCP for waste stream SNL-HCF-S5400-RH during AHCF repackaging campaigns 11, 12, 14, and 17 and primarily consists of fuel examination waste (FEW). This subpopulation of containers was generated primarily at the HCF from the late 1970s to mid-1990s, and repackaging history as well as historical information are listed in Attachment 1, Waste Stream SNL-HCF-S5400-RH (FEW lnventory) Containers List. Attachment 2, Waste Stream SNL-HCF-S5400-RH (FEW lnventory) Container Evaluations, presents a summary review of site container documentation and the descriptions from the CCP visual examination (VE) during repackaging at the AHCF.