Design of microwave vitrification systems for radioactive waste

Conference · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1996

OSTI ID:237389

White, T L; Wilson, C T; Schaick, C R ^[1]; Bostick, W D ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
2. Oak Ridge K-25 Site, TN (United States)

Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) is involved in the research and development of high-power microwave heating systems for the vitrification of DOE radioactive sludges. Design criteria for a continuous microwave vitrification system capable of processing a surrogate filtercake sludge representative of a typical waste-water treatment operation are discussed. A prototype 915 MHz, 75 kW microwave vitrification system or `microwave melter` is described along with some early experimental results that demonstrate a 4 to 1 volume reduction of a surrogate ORNL filtercake sludge.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-96OR22464
• OSTI ID: 237389
• Report Number(s): CONF-960401-14; ON: DE96009880; TRN: 96:014249
• Resource Relation: Conference: Spring meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), San Francisco, CA (United States), 8-12 Apr 1996; Other Information: PBD: [1996]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
VITRIFICATION
MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
TESTING
WATER TREATMENT
SLUDGES
MICROWAVE HEATING
HIGH-FREQUENCY DISCHARGES
DESIGN