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Title: Economic feasibility of radioactive scrap steel recycling

Abstract

In the past, government and commercial nuclear operators treated radioactive scrap steel (RSS) as a liability and disposed of it by burial; this was an accepted and economical solution at that time. Today, environmental concerns about burial are changing the waste disposal picture by (a) causing burial costs to soar rapidly, (b) creating pressure to close existing burial sites, and (c) making it difficult and expensive to open and operate burial facilities. To exacerbate the problem, planned dismantling of nuclear facilities will substantially increase volumes of RSS {open_quotes}waste{close_quotes} over the next 30 yr. This report describes a project with the intention of integrating the current commercial mini-mill approach of recycling uncontaminated steel with radiological controls to design a system that can process contaminated metals at prices significantly below the current processors or burial costs.

Authors:
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Manufacturing Sciences Corp., Woodland, WA (United States)
  2. MSE, Inc., Butte, MT (United States)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
411568
Report Number(s):
CONF-951006-
Journal ID: TANSAO; ISSN 0003-018X; TRN: 97:000819
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Transactions of the American Nuclear Society
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 73; Conference: Winter meeting of the American Nuclear Society (ANS), San Francisco, CA (United States), 29 Oct - 1 Nov 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; RECYCLING; ECONOMICS; SCRAP METALS; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; COST

Citation Formats

Nichols, F, Balhiser, R, and Rosholt, D. Economic feasibility of radioactive scrap steel recycling. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Nichols, F, Balhiser, R, & Rosholt, D. Economic feasibility of radioactive scrap steel recycling. United States.
Nichols, F, Balhiser, R, and Rosholt, D. 1995. "Economic feasibility of radioactive scrap steel recycling". United States.
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abstractNote = {In the past, government and commercial nuclear operators treated radioactive scrap steel (RSS) as a liability and disposed of it by burial; this was an accepted and economical solution at that time. Today, environmental concerns about burial are changing the waste disposal picture by (a) causing burial costs to soar rapidly, (b) creating pressure to close existing burial sites, and (c) making it difficult and expensive to open and operate burial facilities. To exacerbate the problem, planned dismantling of nuclear facilities will substantially increase volumes of RSS {open_quotes}waste{close_quotes} over the next 30 yr. This report describes a project with the intention of integrating the current commercial mini-mill approach of recycling uncontaminated steel with radiological controls to design a system that can process contaminated metals at prices significantly below the current processors or burial costs.},
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year = {Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995},
month = {Sun Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1995}
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