Thermal Predictions of the Cooling of Waste Glass Canisters
Abstract
Radioactive liquid waste from five decades of weapons production is slated for vitrification at the Hanford site. The waste will be mixed with glass forming additives and heated to a high temperature, then poured into canisters within a pour cave where the glass will cool and solidify into a stable waste form for disposal. Computer simulations were performed to predict the heat rejected from the canisters and the temperatures within the glass during cooling. Four different waste glass compositions with different thermophysical properties were evaluated. Canister centerline temperatures and the total amount of heat transfer from the canisters to the surrounding air are reported.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- DOE - EM
- OSTI Identifier:
- 1165517
- Report Number(s):
- INL/CON-14-32319
- DOE Contract Number:
- DE-AC07-05ID14517
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 2014 American Nuclear Society Winter Meeting,Anaheim, CA,11/09/2014,11/13/2014
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 12 MGMT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; heat transfer model; high level waste; low activity waste; vitrification; waste glass canister
Citation Formats
Guillen, Donna Post. Thermal Predictions of the Cooling of Waste Glass Canisters. United States: N. p., 2014.
Web.
Guillen, Donna Post. Thermal Predictions of the Cooling of Waste Glass Canisters. United States.
Guillen, Donna Post. 2014.
"Thermal Predictions of the Cooling of Waste Glass Canisters". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1165517.
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