Simplifying Ceramic Waste Form Processing
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
The glass-bonded sodalite ceramic waste form (CWF) was developed in the 1990s to immobilize chloride salt-bearing waste streams generated during treatment of spent sodium-bonded nuclear fuel. This was necessary because chloride salts are essentially insoluble in borosilicate glasses (on the order of 1%). In the CWF, synthetic sodalite (Na8[Al6Si6O24]Cl2) is generated by the reaction of zeolite 4A and NaCl during processing to sequester the chlorine. The resulting sodalite crystals become microencapsulated in borosilicate glass. Based on the current understanding of the reactions involved and advancements in pyroprocessing operations in which the waste salt is generated, the processes developed for producing fullsize CWF materials with waste salt may be unnecessarily complicated. Aspects of processing that could be simplified and initial studies to justify further engineering development are recommended.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-06CH11357
- OSTI ID:
- 2341780
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/CFCT--24/7; 188576
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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