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The Evolution of Hot-Isostatic Pressing for the Treatment of Radioactive Wastes - 18276

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OSTI ID:22975425
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  1. GeoRoc Ltd, C/- 89 Chorley Road, Swinton, Manchester M27 4AA (United Kingdom)
  2. AMEPT, 4/50 Campbell Street, Woonona, NSW, 2517 (Australia)
  3. Immobilisation Science Laboratory, Sir Robert Hadfield Building, Mappin Street, University of Sheffield, Sheffield, S1 3JD (United Kingdom)
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Hot-isostatic Pressing (HIPing) was first developed by Battelle in the 1950's for applications in the nuclear program. The use of HIPing as a means of treating radioactive wastes was first proposed and patented in Sweden in the 1970's and subsequently gained traction in the US, where throughout the 1980's and 90's work was undertaken at Rockwell, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), and Idaho National Laboratory (INL) on waste-forms for US Defense wastes. This development was coupled with front-end processing options leading to conceptual plant designs which included hot-cell layouts and costings. Industrial maturation of hot-isostatic press (HIP) technology over the last 20+ years has seen it increasingly become a candidate for treating a variety of waste streams. In this paper, we discuss HIP concepts for treating radioactive wastes, present some recent work undertaken by the authors to demonstrate the feasibility of HIPing for sludge wastes and ion exchangers, and discuss the options and technology challenges for implementation. (authors)
Research Organization:
WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
OSTI ID:
22975425
Report Number(s):
INIS-US--20-WM-18276
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
42 ENGINEERING
AUGMENTATION
HOT CELLS
HOT PRESSING
IDAHO NATIONAL LABORATORY
IMPLEMENTATION
ION EXCHANGE
LAWRENCE LIVERMORE NATIONAL LABORATORY
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SLUDGES