Vitrification of hazardous and mixed wastes

Conference · Wed Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:7025510

Jantzen, C M; Pickett, J B ^[1]; Ramsey, W G ^[2]

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1. Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
2. Clemson Univ., SC (United States). Dept. of Ceramic Engineering

Solidification of hazardous/mixed wastes into glass is being examined at the Savannah River Site. The first hazardous/mixed wastes glassified at SRS have been (1) incinerator and (2) nickel plating line (F006) wastes. Solidification of incinerator blowdown and mixtures of incinerator blowdown and incinerator bottom kiln ash have been achieved in Soda (Na[sub 2]O) - Lime (CaO) - Silica (SiO[sub 2]) glass (SLS) at waste loadings of up to 50 wt%. Solidification of nickel-plating line waste sludges containing depleted uranium have also been achieved in both SLS and borosilicate glasses at waste loadings of 75 wt%. This corresponds to volume reductions of 97% and 81%, respectively. Further studies will examine glassification of: ion exchange zeolites, inorganic filter media, asbestos, glass fiber filters, contaminated soil, cementitious, or other materials in need of remediation.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 7025510
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-92-261; CONF-9209229-3; ON: DE93001901
• Resource Relation: Conference: Industrial and engineering chemistry (I EC) special symposium of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Atlanta, GA (United States), 21-23 Sep 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
VITRIFICATION
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
ALUMINIUM OXIDES
BOROSILICATE GLASS
MIXTURES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SILICON OXIDES
SLUDGES
ALUMINIUM COMPOUNDS
CHALCOGENIDES
DISPERSIONS
GLASS
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
SILICON COMPOUNDS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES
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