U.S. Bureau of Mines, phase I Hanford low-level waste melter tests: Melter offgas report

Technical Report · Fri Oct 27 04:00:00 EDT 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/406246· OSTI ID:406246

Eaton, W C

A multiphase program was initiated in 1994 to test commercially available melter technologies for the vitrification of the low-level waste (LLW) stream from defense wastes stored in underground tanks at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State. Phase 1 of the melter demonstration tests using simulated LLW was completed during fiscal year 1995. This document is the melter offgas report on testing performed by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Albany Research Center in Albany, Oregon. The Bureau of Mines (one of the seven vendors selected) was chosen to demonstrate carbon electrode melter technology (also called carbon arc or electric arc) under WHC subcontract number MMI-SVV-384216. The document contains the complete offgas report for the first 24-hour melter test (WHC-1) as prepared by Entropy Inc. A summary of this report is also contained in the``U.S. Bureau of Mines, Phase 1 Hanford Low-Level Waste Melter Tests: Final Report`` (WHC-SD-WM-VI-030).

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 406246
• Report Number(s): WHC-SD-WM-VI--032; ON: DE97050943
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
CERAMIC MELTERS
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
ELECTRIC ARCS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HANFORD RESERVATION
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
OFF-GAS SYSTEMS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
SIMULATION
TANKS
VITRIFICATION