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Title: Ceramic waste form qualification using results from witness tubes.

Abstract

A ceramic waste form has been developed to immobilize the salt waste stream from electrometallurgical treatment of spent nuclear fuel. The ceramic waste form is prepared in a hot isostatic press (HIP). The use of small, easily fabricated HIP capsules called witness tubes has been proposed as a practical way to obtain representative samples of ceramic waste form material for process monitoring, waste form qualification, and archiving. Witness tubes are filled with the same material used to fill the corresponding HIP can, and are HIPed along with the HIP can. Relevant physical, chemical, and performance (leach test) data are analyzed and compared. Differences between witness tube and HIP can materials are shown to be statistically insignificant, demonstrating that witness tubes do provide ceramic waste form material representative of the material in the corresponding HIP can.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
NE
OSTI Identifier:
943044
Report Number(s):
ANL/NT/JA-37021
Journal ID: ISSN 1065-609X; RWMREG; TRN: US1000531
DOE Contract Number:  
DE-AC02-06CH11357
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Radioact. Waste Manage. Environ. Restor.
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 22; Journal Issue: 4 ; 2002; Journal ID: ISSN 1065-609X
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
ENGLISH
Subject:
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; CAPSULES; CERAMICS; MATERIALS; MONITORING; NUCLEAR FUELS; PERFORMANCE; SALTS; STREAMS; TUBES; WASTE FORMS; WASTES

Citation Formats

O'Holleran, T P, Johnson, S G, Bateman, K J, and Nuclear Technology. Ceramic waste form qualification using results from witness tubes.. United States: N. p., 2002. Web.
O'Holleran, T P, Johnson, S G, Bateman, K J, & Nuclear Technology. Ceramic waste form qualification using results from witness tubes.. United States.
O'Holleran, T P, Johnson, S G, Bateman, K J, and Nuclear Technology. 2002. "Ceramic waste form qualification using results from witness tubes.". United States.
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title = {Ceramic waste form qualification using results from witness tubes.},
author = {O'Holleran, T P and Johnson, S G and Bateman, K J and Nuclear Technology},
abstractNote = {A ceramic waste form has been developed to immobilize the salt waste stream from electrometallurgical treatment of spent nuclear fuel. The ceramic waste form is prepared in a hot isostatic press (HIP). The use of small, easily fabricated HIP capsules called witness tubes has been proposed as a practical way to obtain representative samples of ceramic waste form material for process monitoring, waste form qualification, and archiving. Witness tubes are filled with the same material used to fill the corresponding HIP can, and are HIPed along with the HIP can. Relevant physical, chemical, and performance (leach test) data are analyzed and compared. Differences between witness tube and HIP can materials are shown to be statistically insignificant, demonstrating that witness tubes do provide ceramic waste form material representative of the material in the corresponding HIP can.},
doi = {},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/943044}, journal = {Radioact. Waste Manage. Environ. Restor.},
issn = {1065-609X},
number = 4 ; 2002,
volume = 22,
place = {United States},
year = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2002},
month = {Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 2002}
}