Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) startup test program: Glass characterization

Conference · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:5218027

Jantzen, C M

Liquid high-level nuclear waste will be immobilized at the Savannah River Site (SRS) by vitrification in borosilicate glass. The glass will be processed in the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) and poured into stainless steel canisters for eventual geologic disposal. Six simulated glass compositions will be processed in the DWPF during initial startup. The glass in 86 of the first 106 full sized canisters will be sampled and characterized. Extensive glass characterization will determine the following: (1) sampling frequency for radioactive operation, (2) verification of the compositionally dependent process-product models, (3) verification of melter mixing, (4) representativeness of the glass from the canister throat sampler, and (5) homogeneity of the canister glass.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 5218027
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-92-010; CONF-920448--6; ON: DE92015332
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
BOROSILICATE GLASS
CERAMIC MELTERS
CHEMICAL COMPOSITION
CONTAINERS
CONTROL
ELECTRIC FURNACES
FURNACES
GLASS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MATERIALS
MIXING
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
PROCESS CONTROL
QUALITY CONTROL
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SAMPLING
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
TESTING
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VITRIFICATION
WASTES