Application of PCT to the EBR II ceramic waste form.

Conference · Thu Jan 10 00:00:00 EST 2002

OSTI ID:801637

Ebert, W L; Lewis, M A; Johnson, S G

We are evaluating the use of the Product Consistency Test (PCT) developed to monitor the consistency of borosilicate glass waste forms for application to the multiphase ceramic waste form (CWF) that will be used to immobilize waste salts generated during the electrometallurgical conditioning of spent sodium-bonded nuclear fuel from the Experimental Breeder Reactor No. 2 (EBR II). The CWF is a multiphase waste form comprised of about 70% sodalite, 25% borosilicate glass binder, and small amounts of halite and oxide inclusions. It must be qualified for disposal as a non-standard high-level waste (HLW) form. One of the requirements in the DOE Waste Acceptance System Requirements Document (WASRD) for HLW waste forms is that the consistency of the waste forms be monitored.[1] Use of the PCT is being considered for the CWF because of the similarities of the dissolution behaviors of both the sodalite and glass binder phases in the CWF to borosilicate HLW glasses. This paper provides (1) a summary of the approach taken in selecting a consistency test for CWF production and (2) results of tests conducted to measure the precision and sensitivity of the PCT conducted with simulated CWF.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31-109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 801637
• Report Number(s): ANL/CMT/CP-106530; TRN: US0205566
• Resource Relation: Conference: ANS 5th Topical Meeting on Spent Nuclear Fuel and Fissile Materials, Charleston, SC (US), 09/17/2002--09/20/2002; Other Information: PBD: 10 Jan 2002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
21 SPECIFIC NUCLEAR REACTORS AND ASSOCIATED PLANTS
BINDERS
BOROSILICATE GLASS
BREEDER REACTORS
CERAMICS
DISSOLUTION
FISSILE MATERIALS
MONITORS
NUCLEAR FUELS
OXIDES
SENSITIVITY
WASTE FORMS
WASTES