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Characteristics of Preliminary Waste Forms for Icpp Low Activity Waste (Law) Fractions after Radionuclide Separations

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Krishna Vinjamuri
Krishna Vinjamuri*
Affiliation:
Idaho National Engineering Laboratory Lockheed Idaho Technologies Company, MS 5213, P. 0. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, Idaho 83415–5213
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Abstract

Currently, at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (ICPP) there are about 6800 m3 of liquid sodium-bearing and liquid high-level wastes (HLW), and 3800 m3 of solid calcined HLW. One of the waste processing options under consideration includes separation of the HLW into high activity and low activity (LAW) wastes, followed by immobilization. Preliminary glasses were synthesized for the sodium-bearing, alumina-bearing, and the zirconia-bearing LAW fractions after radionuclide separations. The glasses were formed by crucible melting of a mixture of reagent chemicals representative of the LAW waste streams and frit additives at 1200 °C for 5 hours, followed by overnight annealing at 550 °C and furnace cooling of the melt. These glasses were characterized for density, elastic property, viscosity, chemical durability, structural parameters, and glass phase separation. The results are compared with that of the Hanford's standard glass ARM-i, Savannah River's benchmark glass EA, and the ICPP's grout waste form prepared using the simulated non-radioactive sodium-bearing waste fraction.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 412: Symposium V – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XIX , 1995 , 131
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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