Laboratory work in support of West Valley glass development

Technical Report · Sun May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1988

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5196678· OSTI ID:5196678

Bunnell, L R

Over the past six years, Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) has conducted several studies in support of waste glass composition development and testing of glass compositions suitable for immobilizing the nuclear wastes stored at West Valley, New York. As a result of pilot-scale testing conducted by PNL, the glass composition was changed from that originally recommended in response to changes in the waste stream, and several processing-related problems were discovered. These problems were solved, or sufficiently addressed to determine their likely effect on the glass melting operations to be conducted at West Valley. This report describes the development of the waste glass composition, WV-205, and discusses solutions to processing problems such as foaming and insoluble sludges, as well as other issues such as effects of feed variations on processing of the resulting glass. An evaluation of the WV-205 glass from a repository perspective is included in the appendix to this report.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 5196678
• Report Number(s): PNL-6539; ON: DE88010610
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

052001* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Waste Processing
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
GLASS
MANAGEMENT
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
VITRIFICATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WEST VALLEY PROCESSING PLANT