Waste Management of Line Item Projects at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

With the growing number of companies involved with today's Line Item projects at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), there are ever increasing problems in handling of Radioactive Solid Low - Level Waste (SLLW). The most important of these problems is who is going to do what with the waste and when are they going to do it. The who brings to mind training, the what; compliance, and the when; cost. At ORNL, we have found that the best way to address the challenges of waste handling where several contractors are involved is through communication, compromise and consistency. Without these elements, oppurtunities bred from waste handling are likely to bring the project to a halt.