Materials selection issues for structural components of transportation casks
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OSTI ID:7071138
The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Waste Handling and Packaging Plant is developing a microwave process to reduce and solidify remote-handled transuranic (RH-TRU) liquids and sludges presently stored in large tanks at ORNL. Testing has recently begun on an in-drum microwave process using nonradioactive RH-TRU surrogates. The microwave process development effort has focused on an in-drum process to dry the RH-TRU liquids and sludges in the final storage container and then melt the salt residues to form a solid monolith. A 1/3-scale proprietary microwave applicator was designed, fabricated, and tested to demonstrate the essential features of the microwave design and to provide input into the design of the full-scale applicator. The final wasteform meets the waste acceptance criteria for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant. 7 refs., 1 fig., 1 tab.
- Research Organization:
- Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- DOE/RW
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00789
- OSTI ID:
- 7071138
- Report Number(s):
- SAND-89-2263C; CONF-900406--30; ON: DE90006809
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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