In-drum vitrification of transuranium waste sludge using microwave energy

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5584139

Petersen, R. D.; Johnson, A. J. ^[1]

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1. Rockwell International Corp., Golden, CO (USA). Rocky Flats Plant

Microwave vitrification of transuranic (TRU) waste at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons Plant is being tested using actual TRU waste in a bench scale system and simulated waste in a pilot system. In 1987, bench scale testing was completed to determine the effectiveness of in drum microwave vitrification of simulated precipitation sludge. The equivalent used in the bench tests included a 6KW, 2.45 GHz microwave generator, aluminum cavity, turntable, infrared (IR) thermometer and screwfeeder. Passive chokes were added to the cavity for mounting the IR thermometer and screwfeeder.

• Research Organization: Rockwell International Corp., Golden, CO (USA). Rocky Flats Plant
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP03533
• OSTI ID: 5584139
• Report Number(s): RFP-4352; CONF-891103--3; ON: DE89014175
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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053000 -- Nuclear Fuels-- Environmental Aspects
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ALPHA-BEARING WASTES
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS
CONTAINERS
ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
EQUIPMENT
FUNCTIONAL MODELS
GLOVEBOXES
LABORATORY EQUIPMENT
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MICROWAVE EQUIPMENT
PILOT PLANTS
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SLUDGES
VITRIFICATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES