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Title: Laboratory Testing of Bulk Vitrified Low-Activity Waste Forms to Support the 2005 Integrated Disposal Facility Performance Assessment

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to document the results from laboratory testing of the bulk vitri-fied (BV) waste form that was conducted in support of the 2005 integrated disposal facility (IDF) performance assessment (PA). Laboratory testing provides a majority of the key input data re-quired to assess the long-term performance of the BV waste package with the STORM code. Test data from three principal methods, as described by McGrail et al. (2000a; 2003a), are dis-cussed in this testing report including the single-pass flow-through test (SPFT) and product con-sistency test (PCT). Each of these test methods focuses on different aspects of the glass corrosion process. See McGrail et al. (2000a; 2003a) for additional details regarding these test methods and their use in evaluating long-term glass performance. In addition to evaluating the long-term glass performance, this report discusses the results and methods used to provided a recommended best estimate of the soluble fraction of 99Tc that can be leached from the engineer-ing-scale BV waste package. These laboratory tests are part of a continuum of testing that is aimed at improving the performance of the BV waste package.

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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
15020690
Report Number(s):
PNNL-15126
3261; 830403000; TRN: US0504750
DOE Contract Number:  
AC05-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; CORROSION; GLASS; PERFORMANCE; STORMS; TESTING; WASTE FORMS; WASTES; Kinetic Rate Law Parameter; Performance Assessment; Bulk Vitrification; Environmental Molecular Sciences Laboratory

Citation Formats

Pierce, Eric M, McGrail, B Peter, Bagaasen, Larry M, Rodriguez, Elsa A, Wellman, Dawn M, Geiszler, Keith N, Baum, Steven R, Reed, Lunde R, Crum, Jarrod V, and Schaef, Herbert T. Laboratory Testing of Bulk Vitrified Low-Activity Waste Forms to Support the 2005 Integrated Disposal Facility Performance Assessment. United States: N. p., 2005. Web. doi:10.2172/15020690.
Pierce, Eric M, McGrail, B Peter, Bagaasen, Larry M, Rodriguez, Elsa A, Wellman, Dawn M, Geiszler, Keith N, Baum, Steven R, Reed, Lunde R, Crum, Jarrod V, & Schaef, Herbert T. Laboratory Testing of Bulk Vitrified Low-Activity Waste Forms to Support the 2005 Integrated Disposal Facility Performance Assessment. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/15020690
Pierce, Eric M, McGrail, B Peter, Bagaasen, Larry M, Rodriguez, Elsa A, Wellman, Dawn M, Geiszler, Keith N, Baum, Steven R, Reed, Lunde R, Crum, Jarrod V, and Schaef, Herbert T. 2005. "Laboratory Testing of Bulk Vitrified Low-Activity Waste Forms to Support the 2005 Integrated Disposal Facility Performance Assessment". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/15020690. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/15020690.
@article{osti_15020690,
title = {Laboratory Testing of Bulk Vitrified Low-Activity Waste Forms to Support the 2005 Integrated Disposal Facility Performance Assessment},
author = {Pierce, Eric M and McGrail, B Peter and Bagaasen, Larry M and Rodriguez, Elsa A and Wellman, Dawn M and Geiszler, Keith N and Baum, Steven R and Reed, Lunde R and Crum, Jarrod V and Schaef, Herbert T},
abstractNote = {The purpose of this report is to document the results from laboratory testing of the bulk vitri-fied (BV) waste form that was conducted in support of the 2005 integrated disposal facility (IDF) performance assessment (PA). Laboratory testing provides a majority of the key input data re-quired to assess the long-term performance of the BV waste package with the STORM code. Test data from three principal methods, as described by McGrail et al. (2000a; 2003a), are dis-cussed in this testing report including the single-pass flow-through test (SPFT) and product con-sistency test (PCT). Each of these test methods focuses on different aspects of the glass corrosion process. See McGrail et al. (2000a; 2003a) for additional details regarding these test methods and their use in evaluating long-term glass performance. In addition to evaluating the long-term glass performance, this report discusses the results and methods used to provided a recommended best estimate of the soluble fraction of 99Tc that can be leached from the engineer-ing-scale BV waste package. These laboratory tests are part of a continuum of testing that is aimed at improving the performance of the BV waste package.},
doi = {10.2172/15020690},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/15020690}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EST 2005},
month = {Thu Mar 31 00:00:00 EST 2005}
}