Functional description of the West Valley Demonstration Project Vitrification Facility
The primary objective of the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) is the solidification of approximately 2.1 million liters (560,000 gallons) of high-level radioactive waste (HLW) which resulted from the operation of a nuclear fuel reprocessing plant. Since the original plant was not built to accommodate the processing of waste beyond storage in underground tanks, HLW solidification by vitrification presented numerous engineering challenges. Existing facilities required redesign and conversion to meet their new purpose. Vitrification technology and systems needed to be created and then tested. Equipment modifications, identified from cold test results, were incorporated into the final equipment configuration to be used for radioactive (hot) operations. Cold operations have defined the correct sequence and optimal functioning of the equipment to be used for vitrification and have verified the process by which waste will be solidified into borosilicate glass.
- Research Organization:
- West Valley Nuclear Services Co., Inc., West Valley, NY (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC07-81NE44139
- OSTI ID:
- 10164627
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/NE/44139-62; ON: DE93014679; TRN: 93:016222
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Jul 1990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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