Process for immobilizing plutonium into vitreous ceramic waste forms
Abstract
Disclosed is a method for converting spent nuclear fuel and surplus plutonium into a vitreous ceramic final waste form wherein spent nuclear fuel is bound in a crystalline matrix which is in turn bound within glass.
- Inventors:
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- Richland, WA
- Issue Date:
- Research Org.:
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- OSTI Identifier:
- 870803
- Patent Number(s):
- 5597516
- Assignee:
- Battelle Memorial Institute (Richland, WA)
- Patent Classifications (CPCs):
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G - PHYSICS G21 - NUCLEAR PHYSICS G21F - PROTECTION AGAINST X-RADIATION, GAMMA RADIATION, CORPUSCULAR RADIATION OR PARTICLE BOMBARDMENT
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- Resource Type:
- Patent
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- process; immobilizing; plutonium; vitreous; ceramic; waste; forms; disclosed; method; converting; spent; nuclear; fuel; surplus; final; form; bound; crystalline; matrix; glass; waste form; nuclear fuel; spent nuclear; waste forms; ceramic waste; vitreous ceramic; ceramic final; surplus plutonium; immobilizing plutonium; final waste; crystalline matrix; converting spent; /252/501/588/
Citation Formats
Feng, Xiangdong, and Einziger, Robert E. Process for immobilizing plutonium into vitreous ceramic waste forms. United States: N. p., 1997.
Web.
Feng, Xiangdong, & Einziger, Robert E. Process for immobilizing plutonium into vitreous ceramic waste forms. United States.
Feng, Xiangdong, and Einziger, Robert E. Wed .
"Process for immobilizing plutonium into vitreous ceramic waste forms". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/870803.
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title = {Process for immobilizing plutonium into vitreous ceramic waste forms},
author = {Feng, Xiangdong and Einziger, Robert E},
abstractNote = {Disclosed is a method for converting spent nuclear fuel and surplus plutonium into a vitreous ceramic final waste form wherein spent nuclear fuel is bound in a crystalline matrix which is in turn bound within glass.},
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place = {United States},
year = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1997},
month = {Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1997}
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