West Valley Support Program evacuated canister system design

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1993 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:6962556

Ketner, G L; Berger, D N ^[1]; Liu, K J ^[2]

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1. Pacific Northwest Labs., Richland, WA (United States)
2. West Valley Nuclear Services Co., West Valley, NY (United States)

Pacific Northwest Laboratory has prepared a preliminary design of the evacuated canister system for the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP). The function of the evacuated canister is to remove molten radioactive glass from the WVDP melter cavity during a planned melter shutdown. The proposed evacuated canister system consists of an L-shaped, 4-in.-diam Type 304L stainless steel schedule-40 pipe sealed with an aluminum plug at one end and attached to a canister at the other. While it is lifted, the canister is positioned and held above the melter by two cranes at [approximately] 15 deg from horizontal.

• OSTI ID: 6962556
• Report Number(s): CONF-931160--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Journal Volume: 69
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
42 ENGINEERING
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CONTAINERS
DESIGN
EQUIPMENT
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
GLASS
MANAGEMENT
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RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REMOTE HANDLING EQUIPMENT
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE RETRIEVAL
WASTES
WEST VALLEY PROCESSING PLANT