WIPP/SRL in-situ testing program

Conference · Tue Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1986

OSTI ID:5557666

Wicks, G G; Molecke, M A

The first in situ tests of comparative nuclear waste glass performance in the US are scheduled to begin in early 1986. In these tests, multiple nonradioactive waste glass samples will be emplaced in brine and rock salt in an underground test facility under conditions closely simulating those in a salt repository. This program is a joint effort of the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) and the Savannah River Laboratory (SRL). Part of the WIPP/SRL program is the Materials Interface Interactions Tests or MIIT. This is an international effort which involves the burial of almost 1000 waste glass samples, consisting of 14 different glass or waste glass compositions from 7 countries. In addition to these samples, there are also over 300 potential canister or overpack metal specimens and over 500 backfill and salt geologic samples. Over 1900 relevant interactions will be studied by combining brine leachant analyses with a variety of detailed surface analytical techniques. This program is one of the largest cooperative efforts ever undertaken in the waste management field and will produce a data base that will benefit a variety of disciplines in the waste management community. 8 refs., 5 figs.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.; Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5557666
• Report Number(s): SAND-86-1038C; CONF-860418-4; ON: DE86010473
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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