Development and Testing of ICV Glasses for Hanford LAW
Abstract
Preliminary glass compositions for immobilizing Hanford low-activity waste (LAW) by the in-container vitrification (ICV) process were fabricated at crucible- and engineering-scale and tested at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. This testing showed that glasses with LAW loading of 20 mass% can readily be made and meet all product constraints by a far margin. It was found that the response constraint of the vapor hydration test (VHT) of less than 50 g/(m2•d) alteration rate was the most restrictive constraint placed on LAW glasses. Glasses with over 22 mass% Na2O can be made to meet this constraint along with all other product quality and processability constraints imposed by this process. The results of crucible melts with simulants were scaled-up to engineering scale and also tested with actual (radioactive) LAW. All the results suggest that the baseline glass can be successfully processed by the ICV technology and can meet all the constraints related to product quality.
- Authors:
- Publication Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Org.:
- USDOE
- OSTI Identifier:
- 15008146
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-14351
600301010; TRN: US0403543
- 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; CRUCIBLES; GLASS; HYDRATION; TESTING; VITRIFICATION; WASTES; bulk vitrification; in-container vitrification; ICV; Hanford LAW; waste form; glass, PCT, VHT
Citation Formats
Kim, Dong-Sang, Vienna, John D, Hrma, Pavel R, Schweiger, Michael J, Matyas, Josef, Crum, Jarrod V, Smith, Donald E, Sevigny, Gary J, Buchmiller, William C, Tixier, John S, Yeager, John D, and Belew, Kellen B. Development and Testing of ICV Glasses for Hanford LAW. United States: N. p., 2003.
Web. doi:10.2172/15008146.
Kim, Dong-Sang, Vienna, John D, Hrma, Pavel R, Schweiger, Michael J, Matyas, Josef, Crum, Jarrod V, Smith, Donald E, Sevigny, Gary J, Buchmiller, William C, Tixier, John S, Yeager, John D, & Belew, Kellen B. Development and Testing of ICV Glasses for Hanford LAW. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/15008146
Kim, Dong-Sang, Vienna, John D, Hrma, Pavel R, Schweiger, Michael J, Matyas, Josef, Crum, Jarrod V, Smith, Donald E, Sevigny, Gary J, Buchmiller, William C, Tixier, John S, Yeager, John D, and Belew, Kellen B. 2003.
"Development and Testing of ICV Glasses for Hanford LAW". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/15008146. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/15008146.
@article{osti_15008146,
title = {Development and Testing of ICV Glasses for Hanford LAW},
author = {Kim, Dong-Sang and Vienna, John D and Hrma, Pavel R and Schweiger, Michael J and Matyas, Josef and Crum, Jarrod V and Smith, Donald E and Sevigny, Gary J and Buchmiller, William C and Tixier, John S and Yeager, John D and Belew, Kellen B},
abstractNote = {Preliminary glass compositions for immobilizing Hanford low-activity waste (LAW) by the in-container vitrification (ICV) process were fabricated at crucible- and engineering-scale and tested at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. This testing showed that glasses with LAW loading of 20 mass% can readily be made and meet all product constraints by a far margin. It was found that the response constraint of the vapor hydration test (VHT) of less than 50 g/(m2•d) alteration rate was the most restrictive constraint placed on LAW glasses. Glasses with over 22 mass% Na2O can be made to meet this constraint along with all other product quality and processability constraints imposed by this process. The results of crucible melts with simulants were scaled-up to engineering scale and also tested with actual (radioactive) LAW. All the results suggest that the baseline glass can be successfully processed by the ICV technology and can meet all the constraints related to product quality.},
doi = {10.2172/15008146},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/15008146},
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place = {United States},
year = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2003},
month = {Fri Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 2003}
}