[en] The plan for the long-term management of Savannah River Plant high-level waste, now stored as alkaline salt and sludge in large underground tanks, is to convert this waste to a high integrity solid for shipment to a Federal repository. The reference process consists of the following steps: hydraulic removal of waste from tank, separation of sludge and dissolved salt, decontamination of dissolved salt by ion exchange, incorporation of sludge and ion exchange eluate into borosilicate glass, evaporation of decontaminated salt solution, shipment of doubly encapsulated glass canisters, and storage of decontaminated salt cake. 12 figures, 5 tables