Solid Waste Projection Model system overview

The report is an overview of the Solid Waste Projection Model System. Waste management is becoming an increasingly important topic. Management of current and future solid wastes will require the development of appropriate treatment, storage, and disposal (TSD) facilities and operations to match the characteristics of the wastes. Inadequate provision of these TSD facilities and operations will surely incur costs in the form of agency fines or excessive handling fees and may even result in the need to curtail operations. The Solid Waste Projection Model (SWPM) system is an analysis tool developed by Pacific Northwest Laboratory for Westinghouse Hanford Company specifically to address these issues. SWPM provides the ability to develop detailed projections of the volumes of wastes to be managed and the characteristics of these wastes, characterize and evaluate the impact of alternative TSD technologies on facilities and operations, assess the impact upon TSD cost and capacity requirements when waste volumes or waste characteristics vary, and track actual versus projected quantities of wastes, evaluating waste volume-reduction activities. 3 figs.