GTS Duratek, Phase I Hanford low-level waste melter tests: 100-kg melter offgas report

Technical Report · Wed Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/450041· OSTI ID:450041

Eaton, W C ^[1]

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1. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)

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 100-kg melter offgas report on testing performed by GTS Duratek, Inc., in Columbia, Maryland. GTS Duratek (one of the seven vendors selected) was chosen to demonstrate Joule heated melter technology under WHC subcontract number MMI-SVV-384215. The document contains the complete offgas report on the 100-kg melter as prepared by Parsons Engineering Science, Inc. A summary of this report is also contained in the GTS Duratek, Phase I Hanford Low-Level Waste Melter Tests: Final Report (WHC-SD-WM-VI-027).

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States); Parsons Engineering Science, Inc., Fairfax, VA (United States); GTS Duratek, Columbia, MD (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 450041
• Report Number(s): WHC-SD-WM-VI--028; ON: DE97051232
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
CERAMIC MELTERS
GLASS
HANFORD RESERVATION
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
OFF-GAS SYSTEMS
PERFORMANCE TESTING
TANK WASTE
VITRIFICATION