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Process for immobilizing plutonium into vitreous ceramic waste forms

Patent ·
OSTI ID:527769

Disclosed is a method for converting spent nuclear fuel and surplus plutonium into a vitreous ceramic final waste form wherein spent nuclear fuel is bound in a crystalline matrix which is in turn bound within glass.

Research Organization:
Battelle Memorial Institute
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830
Assignee:
Battelle Memorial Inst., Richland, WA (United States)
Patent Number(s):
US 5,656,009/A/
Application Number:
PAN: 8-658,416
OSTI ID:
527769
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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