Nuclear-waste-management. Quarterly progress report, July-September 1981

Technical Report · Tue Dec 01 00:00:00 EST 1981

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5623436· OSTI ID:5623436

Chikalla, T D; Powell, J A ^[1]

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Progress reports and summaries are presented for the following: high-level waste process development, alternate waste forms; TMI zeolite vitrification demonstration program; nuclear waste materials characterization center; TRU waste immobilization; TRU waste decontamination; krypton implantation; thermal outgassing; iodine-129 fixation; NWVP off-gas analysis; monitoring and physical characterization of unsaturated zone transport; well-logging instrumentation development; verification instrument development; mobility of organic complexes of radionuclides in soils; handbook of methods to decrease the generation of low-level waste; waste management system studies; waste management safety studies; assessment of effectiveness of geologic isolation systems; waste/rock interactions technology program; high-level waste form preparation; development of backfill materials; development of structural engineered barriers; disposal charge analysis; analysis of spent fuel policy implementation; spent fuel and fuel pool component integrity program; analysis of postulated criticality events in a storage array of spent LWR fuel; asphalt emulsion sealing of uranium mill tailings; liner evaluation for uranium mill tailings; multilayer barriers for sealing uranium tailings; application of long-term chemical biobarriers for uranium tailings; and revegetation of inactive uranium tailings sites.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5623436
• Report Number(s): PNL-3000-11; ON: DE82010397
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
ENGINEERED SAFETY SYSTEMS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
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CRITICALITY
DECONTAMINATION
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LINERS
RADIONUCLIDE MIGRATION
REVEGETATION
SOILS
SOLIDIFICATION
SPENT FUEL STORAGE
VITRIFICATION
WASTE-ROCK INTERACTIONS
WELL LOGGING EQUIPMENT
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
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ELEMENTS
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FLUIDS
GASES
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
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IODINE ISOTOPES
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RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
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