Actinide-containing metal disposition alloys

Technical Report · Wed May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1996

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/231410· OSTI ID:231410

Keiser, Jr, D D ^[1]; McDeavitt, S M ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab.-West, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
2. Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)

Argonne National Laboratory is currently developing an electro-metallurgical process for treating a wide array of spent nuclear fuels. As part of this process, two waste streams will be consolidated into waste forms; one will be a mineral and the other a metal alloy. The metal waste form is an alloy that contains cladding hulls, ``noble`` metal fission products, and Zr from alloy fuels. The nominal composition of the metal waste form alloys are stainless steel-15 wt.% Zr (SS-15Zr) for stainless steel clad fuel and Zircaloy-8 wt.% stainless steel (Zr-8SS) for Zircaloy clad fuel, with both alloys also containing up to 4 wt.% noble metal fission products. This paper investigates using the two nominal metal alloy compositions described above as a possible Pu and TRU disposition form.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 231410
• Report Number(s): ANL/ED/CP--88154; CONF-9606116--29; ON: DE96010810
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
MICROSTRUCTURE
NEPTUNIUM ALLOYS
PHASE STUDIES
PLUTONIUM ALLOYS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
SPENT FUELS
STAINLESS STEEL-304
URANIUM ALLOYS
WASTE FORMS
ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS