Benefits/Impacts of Utilizing Depleted Uranium Silicate Glass as Backfill for Spent Fuel Waste Packages

Conference · Mon Apr 29 00:00:00 EDT 1996

OSTI ID:237016

Pope, R. B. ^[1]; Forsberg, C. W. ^[1]; Ashline, R. C. ^[1]; DeHart, M. D. ^[1]; Childs, K. W. ^[1]; Tang, J. S. ^[1]

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1. Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)

An assessment has been made of the benefits and impacts which can be derived by filling a spent nuclear fuel multi-purpose canister with depleted uranium silicate (DUS) glass at a reactor site. Although the primary purpose of the DUS glass fill would be to enhance repository performance assessment and control criticality of geologic times, a number of benefits to the waste management system can be derived from adding the DUS glass prior to shipment from the reactor site.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP); USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (EM)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• OSTI ID: 237016
• Report Number(s): CONF-960421--35; ON: DE96008810
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
BACKFILLING
CRITICALITY
Civilian Radioactive Waste Management System (CRWMS)
DEPLETED URANIUM
Depleted Uranium Silicate (DUS)
GLASS
HEAT TRANSFER
LEACHING
Multi-Purpose Canister (MPC)
Nuclear Criticality Safety Program (NCSP)
Pressurized Water Reactor (PWR)
SAFETY
SHIELDING
SPENT FUELS
Spent Nuclear Fuel
UNDERGROUND DISPOSAL
USES