Scale up issues involved with the ceramic waste form : ceramic-container interactions and ceramic cracking quantification.

Conference · Mon May 03 00:00:00 EDT 1999

OSTI ID:11778

Bateman, K J; DiSanto, T; Goff, K M; Johnson, S G; O'Holleran, T

Argonne National Laboratory is developing a process for the conditioning of spent nuclear fuel to prepare the material for final disposal. Two waste streams will result from the treatment process, a stainless steel based form and a ceramic based form. The ceramic waste form will be enclosed in a stainless steel container. In order to assess the performance of the ceramic waste form in a repository two factors must be examined, the surface area increases caused by waste form cracking and any ceramic/canister interactions that may release toxic material. The results indicate that the surface area increases are less than the High Level Waste glass and any toxic releases are below regulatory limits.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 11778
• Report Number(s): ANL/NT/CP-98912; TRN: US0102115
• Resource Relation: Conference: American Ceramic Society 101st Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, IN (US), 04/25/1999--04/28/1999; Other Information: PBD: 3 May 1999
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
36 MATERIALS SCIENCE
CERAMICS
GLASS
SPENT FUELS
PERFORMANCE
SURFACE AREA
TOXIC MATERIALS
WASTE FORMS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
CONTAINERS
STAINLESS STEELS
CRACK PROPAGATION
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES