Direct conversion of halogen-containing wastes to borosilicate glass

Title: Direct conversion of halogen-containing wastes to borosilicate glass

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Glass has become a preferred waste form worldwide for radioactive wastes: however, there are limitations. Halogen-containing wastes can not be converted to glass because halogens form poor-quality waste glasses. Furthermore, halides in glass melters often form second phases that create operating problems. A new waste vitrification process, the Glass Material Oxidation and dissolution System (GMODS), removes these limitations by converting halogen-containing wastes into borosilicate glass and a secondary, clean, sodium-halide stream.

Authors:: Forsberg, C.W.; Beahm, E.C.; Rudolph, J.C.

Publication Date:: 1996-12-09

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE Office of Fissile Materials Disposition, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 434845

Report Number(s):: CONF-961202-15
ON: DE97001733

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-96OR22464

Resource Type:: Conference

Resource Relation:: Conference: 1996 Fall meeting of the Materials Research Society (MRS), Boston, MA (United States), 2-6 Dec 1996; Other Information: PBD: 9 Dec 1996

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; 40 CHEMISTRY; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; HALIDES; REMOVAL; VITRIFICATION; GLASS; PERFORMANCE; DISSOLUTION; MELTING; METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS

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  abstractNote = {Glass has become a preferred waste form worldwide for radioactive wastes: however, there are limitations. Halogen-containing wastes can not be converted to glass because halogens form poor-quality waste glasses. Furthermore, halides in glass melters often form second phases that create operating problems. A new waste vitrification process, the Glass Material Oxidation and dissolution System (GMODS), removes these limitations by converting halogen-containing wastes into borosilicate glass and a secondary, clean, sodium-halide stream.},

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