Leach tests at Savannah River Laboratory for radioactive and nonradioactive nuclear waste glasses

Conference · Sun Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1989 · American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Preprints; (USA)

OSTI ID:7169529

Bibler, N E; Jantzen, C M ^[1]

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1. E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Co., Savannah River Lab., Aiken, SC (USA)

This report details tests at the Savannah River Plant to immobilize high-level nuclear wastes which are currently being stored as caustic slurries. The slurries will be immobilized into borosilicate glass. Savannah River Laboratory (SRL) has developed and performed a variety of leach tests on both radioactive glass containing actual nuclear waste and nonradioactive glass containing simulated waste. Several of the leach tests at SRL have involved modifications of the MCC-1 leach test protocol developed by the Materials Characterization Center. Special tests discussed are the tests demonstrating that radioactive and nonradioactive glass leach similarly, tests that simulate a saturated tuff repository environment, and tests at a low Eh that simulate a saturated basalt repository.

• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 7169529
• Report Number(s): CONF-8904178--
• Conference Information: Journal Name: American Chemical Society, Division of Environmental Chemistry, Preprints; (USA) Journal Volume: 29:1
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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DATA
DATA ANALYSIS
DISSOLUTION
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
INFORMATION
LEACHING
MATERIALS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
MEASURING METHODS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SEPARATION PROCESSES
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