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Nuclear Technology | Volume 24 | Number 3 | December 1974 | Pages 339-342
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste | doi.org/10.13182/NT74-A31496
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The Rocky Flats Plant generates significant quantities of waste materials and equipment which are contaminated with plutonium. Management systems and techniques have been developed and are in use which reduce both the volume of waste generated and the quantity of plutonium involved. Containers have been developed and are in use which meet the 20-year retrievability requirement of Immediate Action Directive (IAD) 0511–21.