Cold Crucible Induction Melter (CCIM) Testing on Glass Ceramic and Ceramic Waste Forms
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)
- Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
The U.S. Department of Energy Office of Nuclear Energy’s Fuel Cycle Research and Development (FCR&D) program is developing advanced high level waste (HLW) forms for the immobilization of the long-lived radionuclides resulting from future potential reprocessing of the used nuclear fuel from commercial reactors. One of the program’s goals is to have orders of magnitude improvements in durability (compared to the reference borosilicate glass waste form for HLW), to facilitate lower costs including less expensive and complex processing, to lower storage costs and to provide for final disposal of the waste in a deep geological repository. Both glass ceramic and ceramic waste forms are being developed and evaluated as possible improvements to borosilicate glass to achieve these objectives.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-08SR22470
- OSTI ID:
- 1178646
- Report Number(s):
- SRNL-STI-2015-00186
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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