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Title: Filling, closure, decontamination and characterization of high-activity borosilicate glass canisters

Abstract

As part of a bilateral agreement between the Bundesministerium fuer Forschung und Technologie and the US Dept. of Energy, and in collaboration with Kernforschungzentrum Karlsruhe and the Institut fuer Tieflagerung, the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) has filled 30 German-made canisters with highly radioactive borosilicate glass. These canisters, containing specified amounts of /sup 137/Cs and /sup 90/Sr, will be sealed using a gas tungsten arc welder (GTAW) and will be decontaminated to nonsmearable limits using an electropolishing system. They are to be characterized in a series of nondestructive tests: surface dose rate measurement, axial gamma scanning, canister mass determination, and canister surface temperature measurement. The canisters will then be transported to the Asse Salt Mine located in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) for a 5-yr repository testing program.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
6972863
Report Number(s):
CONF-8711195-
Journal ID: CODEN: TANSA; TRN: 88-033187
Resource Type:
Conference
Journal Name:
Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 55; Conference: American Nuclear Society winter meeting, Los Angeles, CA, USA, 15 Nov 1987
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; CONTAINERS; TESTING; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; VITRIFICATION; BATTELLE PACIFIC NORTHWEST LABORATORIES; BOROSILICATE GLASS; CESIUM 137; DECONTAMINATION; KERNFORSCHUNGSZENTRUM KARLSRUHE; NONDESTRUCTIVE TESTING; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; STRONTIUM 90; US DOE; ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES; ALKALINE EARTH ISOTOPES; BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; CLEANING; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; GERMAN FR ORGANIZATIONS; GLASS; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; MATERIALS TESTING; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEI; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES; 052001* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Processing

Citation Formats

Bryan, G H, Holton, Jr, L K, and Minor, J E. Filling, closure, decontamination and characterization of high-activity borosilicate glass canisters. United States: N. p., 1987. Web.
Bryan, G H, Holton, Jr, L K, & Minor, J E. Filling, closure, decontamination and characterization of high-activity borosilicate glass canisters. United States.
Bryan, G H, Holton, Jr, L K, and Minor, J E. 1987. "Filling, closure, decontamination and characterization of high-activity borosilicate glass canisters". United States.
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author = {Bryan, G H and Holton, Jr, L K and Minor, J E},
abstractNote = {As part of a bilateral agreement between the Bundesministerium fuer Forschung und Technologie and the US Dept. of Energy, and in collaboration with Kernforschungzentrum Karlsruhe and the Institut fuer Tieflagerung, the Pacific Northwest Laboratory (PNL) has filled 30 German-made canisters with highly radioactive borosilicate glass. These canisters, containing specified amounts of /sup 137/Cs and /sup 90/Sr, will be sealed using a gas tungsten arc welder (GTAW) and will be decontaminated to nonsmearable limits using an electropolishing system. They are to be characterized in a series of nondestructive tests: surface dose rate measurement, axial gamma scanning, canister mass determination, and canister surface temperature measurement. The canisters will then be transported to the Asse Salt Mine located in the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) for a 5-yr repository testing program.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/6972863}, journal = {Trans. Am. Nucl. Soc.; (United States)},
number = ,
volume = 55,
place = {United States},
year = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987},
month = {Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987}
}

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