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Title: Hot isostatic press waste option study report

Abstract

A Settlement Agreement between the Department of Energy and the State of Idaho mandates that all high-level radioactive waste now stored at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant be treated so that it is ready to move out of Idaho for disposal by the target date of 2035. This study investigates the immobilization of all Idaho Chemical Processing Plant calcine, including calcined sodium bearing waste, via the process known as hot isostatic press, which produces compact solid waste forms by means of high temperature and pressure (1,050 C and 20,000 psi), as the treatment method for complying with the settlement agreement. The final waste product would be contained in stainless-steel canisters, the same type used at the Savannah River Site for vitrified waste, and stored at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory until a national geological repository becomes available for its disposal. The waste processing period is from 2013 through 2032, and disposal at the High Level Waste repository will probably begin sometime after 2065.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
573186
Report Number(s):
INEEL/EXT-97-01392
ON: DE98052233; TRN: 98:005116
DOE Contract Number:  
AC07-94ID13223
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Feb 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; HOT PRESSING; WASTE FORMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; DEVOLATILIZATION; ECONOMICS

Citation Formats

Russell, N E, and Taylor, D D. Hot isostatic press waste option study report. United States: N. p., 1998. Web. doi:10.2172/573186.
Russell, N E, & Taylor, D D. Hot isostatic press waste option study report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/573186
Russell, N E, and Taylor, D D. 1998. "Hot isostatic press waste option study report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/573186. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/573186.
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title = {Hot isostatic press waste option study report},
author = {Russell, N E and Taylor, D D},
abstractNote = {A Settlement Agreement between the Department of Energy and the State of Idaho mandates that all high-level radioactive waste now stored at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant be treated so that it is ready to move out of Idaho for disposal by the target date of 2035. This study investigates the immobilization of all Idaho Chemical Processing Plant calcine, including calcined sodium bearing waste, via the process known as hot isostatic press, which produces compact solid waste forms by means of high temperature and pressure (1,050 C and 20,000 psi), as the treatment method for complying with the settlement agreement. The final waste product would be contained in stainless-steel canisters, the same type used at the Savannah River Site for vitrified waste, and stored at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory until a national geological repository becomes available for its disposal. The waste processing period is from 2013 through 2032, and disposal at the High Level Waste repository will probably begin sometime after 2065.},
doi = {10.2172/573186},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/573186}, journal = {},
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place = {United States},
year = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1998},
month = {Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1998}
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