Glass furnace project: April-September 1981
The purpose of the Glass Furnace Project is to evaluate the use of joule-heated glass furnace, fitted with a Mound-developed offgas system, to reduce the volume of contaminated waste typical of that from nuclear power plants. As part of the project, several different waste types, including dry solid waste, ion exchange resin, and sludge, will be burned in the glass furnace unit. Combustion characteristics and radionuclide behavior in the glass furnace and associated offgas system will be monitored to determine optimum operating conditions. The project will provide an evaluation of the glass furnace as a volume reduction technique for the nuclear power industry as well as design criteria that can be used in constructing such a system by the end of FY-1983. During the second half of FY-1981, preparations were made, including completion of the offgas scrubbing system and installation of utilities, for the receipt of the glass melter at Mound. The melter was delivered on September 22, 1981, and assembly and consolidation of the entire system immediately began. Preliminary work was initiated on procedural development, and an interface was established with the Mound glass ceramics laboratory to pinpoint areas requiring study to fulfill the purpose of this project.
- Research Organization:
- Mound Facility, Miamisburg, OH (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00053
- OSTI ID:
- 5915149
- Report Number(s):
- MLM-2876; ON: DE82004302
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
AEROSOLS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COLLOIDS
COMBUSTION
DESIGN
DISPERSIONS
EQUIPMENT
FURNACES
GASEOUS WASTES
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS
OFF-GAS SYSTEMS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC POLYMERS
OXIDATION
PETROCHEMICALS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
POLYMERS
POWER PLANTS
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE AEROSOLS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RESINS
SCRUBBERS
SLUDGES
SOLS
THERMAL POWER PLANTS
THERMOCHEMICAL PROCESSES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES