Sulfur polymer cement, a solidification and stabilization agent for hazardous and radioactive wastes

Conference · Tue Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10169183

Darnell, G R

Hydraulic cements have been the primary radioactive waste stabilization agents in the United States for 50 years. Twelve years ago, Brookhaven National Laboratory was funded by the Department of Energy`s Defense Low-Level Waste Management Program to test and develop sulfur polymer cement (SPC). It has stabilized routine wastes as well as some troublesome wastes with high waste-to-agent ratios. The Department of Energy`s Hazardous Waste Remedial Action Program joined the effort by providing funding for testing and developing sulfur polymer cement as a hazardous-waste stabilization agent. Sulfur polymer cement has passed all the laboratory scale tests required by the US Environmental Protection Agency and US Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Two decades of tests by the US Bureau of Mines and private concrete contractors indicate this agent is likely to exceed other agents in longevity. This bulletin provides technical data from pertinent tests conducted by these various entities.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 10169183
• Report Number(s): EGG-M--92186; CONF-9204175--1; ON: DE92017888
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CEMENTS
CHEMICAL WASTES
CONCRETE-PLASTIC COMPOSITES
LEACHING
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SOLIDIFICATION
STABILIZATION
TESTING
WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE