Design and operation of small-scale glass melters for immobilizing radioactive waste
A small-scale (3-kg), joule-heated, continuous melter has been designed to study vitrification of Savannah River Plant radioactive waste. The first melter built has been in nonradioactive service for nearly three years. This melter had Inconel 690 electrodes and uses Monofrax K-3 for the contact refractory. Several problems seem in this melter have had an impact on the design of a full-scale system. Problems include uncontrolled electric currents passing through the throat, and formation of a slag layer at the bottom of the melter. The performance of a similar melter in a low-maintenance, radioactive environment is also described. Problems such as halide refluxing, and hot streaking, first observed in this melter, are also discussed.
- Research Organization:
- Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-76SR00001
- OSTI ID:
- 5201231
- Report Number(s):
- DP-MS-79-108; CONF-800914-1
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ALLOYS
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
EQUIPMENT
INCONEL ALLOYS
MANAGEMENT
MELTING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NICKEL ALLOYS
NICKEL BASE ALLOYS
PERFORMANCE
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
REFRACTORIES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VITRIFICATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING