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Title: Operating experience during high-level waste vitrification at the West Valley Demonstration Project

Abstract

This report provides a summary of operational experiences, component and system performance, and lessons learned associated with the operation of the Vitrification Facility (VF) at the West Valley Demonstration Project (WVDP). The VF was designed to convert stored high-level radioactive waste (HLW) into a stable waste form (borosilicate glass) suitable for disposal in a federal repository. Following successful completion on nonradioactive test, HLW processing began in July 1995. Completion of Phase 1 of HLW processing was reached on 10 June 1998 and represented the processing of 9.32 million curies of cesium-137 (Cs-137) and strontium-90 (Sr-90) to fill 211 canisters with over 436,000 kilograms of glass. With approximately 85% of the total estimated curie content removed from underground waste storage tanks during Phase 1, subsequent operations will focus on removal of tank heel wastes.

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Research Org.:
West Valley Nuclear Services Co., Inc., West Valley, NY (US)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
OSTI Identifier:
754792
Report Number(s):
DOE/NE/44139-87; B-and-R-EX31-33000
R&D Project: OH 4001 WV (ADS Number); B&R EX31 33000; TRN: US0002988
DOE Contract Number:
AC24-81NE44139
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 1 Jan 1999
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; VITRIFICATION; WASTE FORMS; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; BOROSILICATE GLASS; STORAGE FACILITIES; WASTE RETRIEVAL; REMEDIAL ACTION

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Valenti, P.J., and Elliott, D.I. Operating experience during high-level waste vitrification at the West Valley Demonstration Project. United States: N. p., 1999. Web. doi:10.2172/754792.
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