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CHARACTERIZATION OF THE SOLIDS WASTE IN THE HANFORD WASTE TANKS USING A COMBINATION OF XRD & SEM & PLM

Journal Article · · Advances in X-Ray Analysis
OSTI ID:810255

The Department of Energy's River Protection Project (RPP) is tasked with retrieving highly radioactive waste from Hanford double-shell and single-shell tanks to provide feed for vitrification for long-term storage. Approximately 330,000 metric tons of sodium-rich radioactive waste originating from separation of plutonium from irradiated uranium fuel is stored in 177 underground tanks at Hanford. Current plans call for much of this waste to be vitrified and disposed of at the Yucca Mountain waste repository. In order to do this, the contents of the tanks need to be physically and chemically characterized.

Research Organization:
FH (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-96RL13200
OSTI ID:
810255
Report Number(s):
HNF-10388-JA, Rev.0; HNF-10388-VA
Journal Information:
Advances in X-Ray Analysis, Journal Name: Advances in X-Ray Analysis
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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