Hanford Strategic Analysis Study. Volumes 1 and 2

The Hanford Strategic Analysis study presents comparisons of alternative cleanup strategies for the Hanford Site. Material balances, estimating the bulk flow and distribution of chemicals and radionuclides flowing through process blocks modeling disposition of the overall Site inventory, form the primary description of each alternative. Comparison parameters, such as overall life cycle costs, are then derived from the material balances. The purpose of Volume 2 of the Hanford Strategic Analysis (HSA) Study is to describe and discuss comparisons of integrated process options for achieving alternative cleanup strategies. The integrated systems described and compared in this volume rely on merging elements described in the other volumes of the HSA Study. Volume 3 presents a description of the methods developed to model material flows and estimate comparison parameters that are discussed in this volume. The cleanup strategies considered are based on the development in Volume 4. A description of the inventory information and the alternative process elements available for material types disposition are also described in Volume 4. These elements are merged by the models described in Volume 3 to produce the integrated systems compared in this volume of the strategic analysis study. This report presents Volumes 1 and 2 of themore » Hanford Strategic Analysis.« less