Summary report of technology development for cladding removal waste pretreatment

Technical Report · Sun Sep 01 04:00:00 EDT 1985

OSTI ID:5128965

Gibson, M

Cladding removl waste (CRW) is the major waste stream produced from chemical removal of the zircaloy cladding from N Reactor fuel in the plutonium-uranium extraction (PUREX) facility. The concentration of plutonium in this waste stream is high enough to require removal by a pretreatment process before the neutralized settled solids can be converted to a non-transuranic grout for near-surface disposal. This document describes the technology developed to support the pretreatment of CRW, and the events that led to the decision to perform the pretreatment process at PUREX, which will save approximately $50 million, with possible future programmatic cost savings of $170 million. 8 figs.

• Research Organization: Rockwell International Corp., Richland, WA (USA). Rockwell Hanford Operations
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-77RL01030
• OSTI ID: 5128965
• Report Number(s): RHO-RE-ST-46-P; ON: DE86001640
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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