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SETTLING OF SPINEL IN A HIGH-LEVEL WASTE GLASS MELTER

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/792249· OSTI ID:792249
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  1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, Washington
High-level nuclear waste is being vitrified, i.e., converted to a durable glass that can be stored in a safe repository for hundreds of thousands of years. Waste vitrification is accomplished in reactors called melters to which the waste is charged together with glass-forming additives. The mixture is electrically heated to a temperature as high as 1150 decrees C to create a melt that becomes glass on cooling.
Research Organization:
Czech Academy of Science (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
(US)
DOE Contract Number:
FG07-98ER45738
OSTI ID:
792249
Report Number(s):
DOE/ER/45738; EMSP 65422
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English