The West Valley Demonstration Project's vitrification system operating experience
Conference
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· Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA)
OSTI ID:5235512
A full-sized, integrated vitrification system is being tested at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP) to establish its operational characteristics that will allow a quality, high-level nuclear waste (HLW) glass product to be consistently produced. Recently, this nonradioactive verification testing has emphasized (a) ensuring flow sheet and feed makeup chemistry that enables well-balanced melter performance, (b) achieving design basis melter throughput rates at steady-state operating conditions, and (c) demonstrating that the release limit of NO{sub x} is met by the vitrification off-gas system. The West Valley vitrification process testing is rapidly converging to demonstrate that the acceptance specification in the glass product and the environmental requirements on the off-gas will indeed be met, thereby providing the basis for approval to begin radioactive operations in 1992.
- OSTI ID:
- 5235512
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-890604--
- Conference Information:
- Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (USA) Journal Volume: 59
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
CERAMIC MELTERS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
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DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC FURNACES
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NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
OFF-GAS SYSTEMS
OPERATION
OXIDATION
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OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
PROCESSING
PUREX PROCESS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REMOVAL
REPROCESSING
SAMPLING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLUBILITY
SPECIFICATIONS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
VITRIFICATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
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WEST VALLEY PROCESSING PLANT
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CERAMIC MELTERS
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHEMISTRY
DESIGN
EFFICIENCY
ELECTRIC FURNACES
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
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HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
NITROGEN OXIDES
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
OFF-GAS SYSTEMS
OPERATION
OXIDATION
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PH VALUE
PROCESSING
PUREX PROCESS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REMOVAL
REPROCESSING
SAMPLING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOLUBILITY
SPECIFICATIONS
SULFUR COMPOUNDS
SULFUR OXIDES
VITRIFICATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
WEST VALLEY PROCESSING PLANT