POT CALCINATION OF SIMULATED HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES--MELT FORMATION
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:4782168
Currently nuclear fuels are being processed on a large scale for recovery of valuable fission products and these recovery operations result in over fifty million gallons of radioactive wastes. Problems of safe and economical containment of this waste are briefly reviewed, and several alternate schemes for storage are outlined. The immobilization of the wastes by conversion to a solid and storage in high-integrity containers is discussed. Various methods for conversion of the wastes to solids include dryingdenitration processes of fluid bed reactions, radiant spray calcination, rotary kiln calcination, submerged combustion, and pot calcination. Problems associated with the reactorcontainer employed in the pot calcination process are discussed in detail. Emphasis is placed on chemical-physical methods of attacking and minimizing the problems associated with self-heating of the wastes in this container. (C.H.)
- Research Organization:
- General Electric Co. Hanford Atomic Products Operation, Richland, Wash.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(45-1)-1350
- NSA Number:
- NSA-16-032618
- OSTI ID:
- 4782168
- Report Number(s):
- HW-SA-2592
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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