West Valley Demonstration Project annual report to Congress

Technical Report · Mon Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1990

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6932618· OSTI ID:6932618

By the end of the fiscal year, the West Valley Demonstration Project had processed 757,000 litres of liquid high-level waste, removing most of the radioactive constituents by ion exchange. The radioactive ion exchange material is being stored in an underground tank pending its incorporation, along with sludge still in the tank, into borosilicate glass. The decontaminated salt solution was solidified into a cement low-level waste form which has been reviewed and endorsed by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Five tests of the waste glass melter system were completed. A Notice of Intent was published to prepare a joint federal/state Environmental Impact Statement. Design of the Vitrification Facility, a major milestone, was completed and construction of the facility enclosure has begun. A Department of Energy Tiger Team and Technical Safety Appraisal of the Project found no undue risks to worker or public health and safety or the environment.

• Research Organization: West Valley Nuclear Services Co., Inc., West Valley, NY (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE/NE
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-81NE44139
• OSTI ID: 6932618
• Report Number(s): WVDP-90AR; ON: DE90010336
• 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
CONSTRUCTION
DECISION MAKING
DOCUMENT TYPES
ELECTRIC FURNACES
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
FURNACES
GLASS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PLANNING
PROCESSING
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SOLIDIFICATION
STORAGE
TESTING
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
VITRIFICATION
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
WEST VALLEY PROCESSING PLANT