Waste package materials testing for a salt repository: 1982 status report

Technical Report · Mon Aug 01 04:00:00 EDT 1983

OSTI ID:5879810

Kircher, J F; Moak, D P; Clark, D E

The US plans to safely dispose of nuclear waste in deep, stable geologic formations. As part of these plans, the US Department of Energy (DOE) is sponsoring research on the designing and testing of waste packages and waste package materials. This report summarizes recent results of waste package materials testing in a salt environment. The results from these tests will be used by waste package designers and performance assessment experts. Release characteristic data are available on two waste forms (spent fuel and waste embedded in glass) which were exposed to leaching tests at various radiation levels, temperatures, pH, volumes, and brine solution and oxygen concentrations simulating expected salt repository conditions. Candidate materials tested or soon to be tested for corrosion resistance and other properties include iron alloys; TiCode-12, the most promising titanium alloy for containment; nickel alloys; and stainless steel. Testing of fluid movement and thermal conductivity through various backfill mixtures shows that these materials can perform satisfactorily. In component interaction testing, no synergistic effects have ruled out any candidate material. 77 references, 37 figures, 30 tables.

• Research Organization: Battelle Memorial Inst., Columbus, OH (USA). Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-76RL01830; AC02-83CH10140
• OSTI ID: 5879810
• Report Number(s): ONWI-490; ON: DE83016811
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ACTINIDES
ALKALI METALS
ALLOYS
BACKFILLING
BOROSILICATE GLASS
BRINES
CESIUM
CHROMIUM ALLOYS
CORROSION RESISTANCE
CORROSION RESISTANT ALLOYS
CORROSIVE EFFECTS
CURIUM
DATA
DISSOLUTION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY SOURCES
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
FUELS
GEOLOGIC DEPOSITS
GLASS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
INFORMATION
IRON ALLOYS
IRON BASE ALLOYS
LEACHING
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATERIALS TESTING
METALS
NICKEL ALLOYS
NUCLEAR FUELS
NUMERICAL DATA
PACKAGING
PLUTONIUM
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REACTOR MATERIALS
SALT DEPOSITS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SPENT FUELS
STAINLESS STEELS
STEELS
TEMPERATURE EFFECTS
TESTING
TITANIUM ALLOYS
TITANIUM BASE ALLOYS
TRANSPLUTONIUM ELEMENTS
TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS
URANIUM
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES