Establishing the acceptability of Savannah River Plant waste glass

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

OSTI ID:5746030

Plodinec, M J ^[1]

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1. Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Plant

Construction of the United States' first facility to immobilize high-level nuclear waste, the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF), is scheduled to be completed in 1989. In the DWPF, Savannah River Plant (SRP) high-level radioactive waste will be immobilized in durable borosilicate glass. Production of canistered waste forms by the DWPF is scheduled to begin well before submission of the license application for the first repository. The Department of Energy has defined waste acceptance specifications to ensure that DWPF canistered waste forms will be acceptable for eventual disposal. To ensure that canistered waste forms meet those specifications, a program is being carried out to qualify the waste form and those aspects of the production process which affect product quality. 16 refs., 4 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Plant
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/DP
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 5746030
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-88-178; CONF-891006--4; ON: DE89010448
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
BOROSILICATE GLASS
COMPLIANCE
GLASS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OPTIMIZATION
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PROCESSING
PUBLIC OPINION
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REGULATIONS
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SOLIDIFICATION
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
USES
VITRIFICATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES