Technical Division quarterly progress report, April 1--June 30, 1977

Technical Report · Fri Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1977

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/7089547· OSTI ID:7089547

Slansky, C. M.; Dickey, B. R.; Musgrave, B. C.; Rohde, K. L.

Fuel Cycle Research and Development: Results are presented on the fluidized-bed calcination of high-level radioactive waste from reprocessing on the post treatment of the calcine, and on the removal of actinide elements from the waste prior to calcination. Other projects include the development of storage technology for /sup 85/Kr waste; a study of the hydrogen mordenite catalyzed reaction between NO/sub x/ and NH/sub 3/; the adsorption and storage of /sup 129/I on silver exchanged mordenite; physical properties, materials of construction, and unit operations studies on the evaporation of high-level waste; the behavior of volatile radionuclides during the combustion of HTGR graphite-based fuel; and the use of the uranium-ruthenium system in age-dating uranium ore bodies. Special Materials Production: The long-term management of defense waste from the ICPP covers postcalcination treatment of ICPP calcined waste; the removal of actinide elements from first-cycle raffinate; the retrieval and handling of calcined waste from ICPP storage vaults; and the preparation of the ''Defense Waste Document''. Process improvements are reported on the Fluorinel headend process for Zircaloy-clad fuels and on uranium accountability measurements. Other development results cover the process for recovering spent Rover fuel, buried pipeline transfer systems, support to the Waste Management Program, and effluent monitoring methods evaluation and development. Other Projects Supporting Energy Development: In this category are studies on nuclear materials security; application of a liquid-solid fluidized-bed heat exchanger to the recovery of geothermal heat; in-plant reactor source term measurements; burnup methods for fast breeder reactor fuels; absolute thermal fission yield measurements; analytical support to light water breeder reactor development; research on analytical methods; and the behavior of environmental species of iodine.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Engineering Lab., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: EY-76-C-07-1540
• OSTI ID: 7089547
• Report Number(s): ICP-1123
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

050800* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Spent Fuels Reprocessing
052000 -- Nuclear Fuels-- Waste Management
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ACCOUNTING
ACTINIDES
ADSORPTION
AGE ESTIMATION
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CALCINATION
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
COATINGS
CONTAINERS
CORROSION
CORROSION PROTECTION
DECOMPOSITION
ELEMENTS
ENERGY TRANSFER
EROSION
EVAPORATION
EVAPORATORS
EVEN-ODD NUCLEI
EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS
FISSION PRODUCTS
FLUIDIZED BED
FLUIDS
FUEL CYCLE
FUEL ELEMENTS
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS
GAS COOLED REACTORS
GEOTHERMAL FLUIDS
GLASS
GRAPHITE MODERATED REACTORS
HEAD END PROCESSES
HEAT EXCHANGERS
HEAT TRANSFER
HOURS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
HTGR TYPE REACTORS
IDAHO CHEMICAL PROCESSING PLANT
INORGANIC ION EXCHANGERS
INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI
INTERNAL CONVERSION RADIOISOTOPES
IODINE 129
IODINE ISOTOPES
ION EXCHANGE MATERIALS
ISOMERIC TRANSITION ISOTOPES
ISOTOPE DATING
ISOTOPES
KRYPTON 85
KRYPTON ISOTOPES
MANAGEMENT
MASS SPECTROSCOPY
METALS
MINERALS
MOBILE REACTORS
MORDENITE
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NESDPS Office of Nuclear Energy Space and Defense Power Systems
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
OFF-GAS SYSTEMS
OPERATION
ORES
PELLETS
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
PIPELINES
PLATINUM METALS
POTENTIOMETRY
POWER REACTORS
PROCESSING
PROPULSION REACTORS
PROTECTIVE COATINGS
PYROLYSIS
QUANTITATIVE CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
RADIOISOTOPES
REACTOR COMPONENTS
REACTORS
REFRACTORY METALS
REPROCESSING
RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
ROVER REACTORS
RUTHENIUM
SCALING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SILVER COMPOUNDS
SOLIDIFICATION
SORPTION
SPACE POWER REACTORS
SPACE PROPULSION REACTORS
SPECTROPHOTOMETRY
SPECTROSCOPY
SPENT FUEL ELEMENTS
STORAGE
TANKS
THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES
TITRATION
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPOUNDS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
URANIUM
URANIUM ORES
US AEC
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
VAPOR PRESSURE
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE STORAGE
WATER COOLED REACTORS
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
ZEOLITES