Startup sequence of the DWPF (Defense Waste Processing Facility) scale glass melter

Conference · Tue Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1985

OSTI ID:6914943

Weisman, A F

The Du Pont Company is building a facility at the Savannah River Plant to immobilize high level radioactive waste within a borosilicate glass matrix. The process, known as the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF), is scheduled to begin operation in 1989. The design and operation of the DWPF Glass Melter will be demonstrated during testing of a 2/3 linear scale melter. This paper reviews the startup phase of the Scale Glass Melter, completed in February 1986, which is representative of the planned DWPF melter startup. 3 refs., 3 figs.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Lab., Aiken, SC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 6914943
• Report Number(s): DP-MS-86-126; CONF-860905-36; ON: DE88014307
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
BOROSILICATE GLASS
CERAMIC MELTERS
DESIGN
ELECTRIC FURNACES
FURNACES
GLASS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
OFF-GAS SYSTEMS
OPERATION
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
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RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RECOMMENDATIONS
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VITRIFICATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES