Characterization of composite ceramic high level waste forms
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OSTI ID:323486
- Argonne National Lab.-West, Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Argonne National Laboratory has developed a composite ceramic waste form for the disposition of high level radioactive waste produced during electrometallurgical conditioning of spent nuclear fuel. The electrorefiner LiCl/KCl eutectic salt, containing fission products and transuranics in the chloride form, is contacted with a zeolite material which removes the fission products from the salt. After salt contact, the zeolite is mixed with a glass binder. The zeolite/glass mixture is then hot isostatic pressed (HIPed) to produce the composite ceramic waste form. The ceramic waste form provides a durable medium that is well suited to incorporate fission products and transuranics in the chloride form. Presented are preliminary results of the process qualification and characterization studies, which include chemical and physical measurements and product durability testing, of the ceramic waste form.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); Oak Ridge Inst. for Science and Education, TN (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38; AC05-76OR00033
- OSTI ID:
- 323486
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-971201--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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