Final report, Task 3: possible uses of the Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. reprocessing plant at West Valley, New York. [For research on alternative fuel cycles, spiking, coprocessing, waste solidification, and recovery of radioactive gases]

Technical Report · Wed Jun 14 00:00:00 EDT 1978

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6499393· OSTI ID:6499393

The West Valley Plant could readily be used for work on reprocessing of alternative fuels, spiking, coprocessing (including CIVEX), waste solidification, and the recovery of radioactive gases. The plant could be easily modified for any scale between small-scale experimental work to production-scale demonstration, involving virtually any combination of fissile/fertile fuel materials that might be used in the future. The use of this plant for the contemplated experimental work would involve lower capital costs than the use of other facilities at DOE sites, except possibly for spiking of recovered products; the operating costs would be no greater than at other sites. The work on reprocessing of alternative fuels and coprocessing could commence within about one year; on recovery of radioactive gases, in 3 to 5 years; on spiking, in 4 years; and on waste solidification demonstration, in about 5 years. The contemplated work could be begun at this plant at least as early as at Barnwell, although work on spiking of recovered products could probably be started in existing hot cells earlier than at West Valley. (DLC)

• Research Organization: Johnson (E.R.) Associates, Inc., Vienna, VA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6499393
• Report Number(s): ANL-K-78-4190-3; TRN: 79-006582
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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PLUTONIUM RECYCLE
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RECOVERY
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