Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) startup test program: Glass characterization
Liquid high-level nuclear waste will be immobilized at the Savannah River Site (SRS) by vitrification in borosilicate glass. The glass will be processed in the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) and poured into stainless steel canisters for eventual geologic disposal. Six simulated glass compositions will be processed in the DWPF during initial startup. The glass in 86 of the first 106 full sized canisters will be sampled and characterized. Extensive glass characterization will determine the following: (1) sampling frequency for radioactive operation, (2) verification of the compositionally dependent process-product models, (3) verification of melter mixing, (4) representativeness of the glass from the canister throat sampler, and (5) homogeneity of the canister glass.
- Research Organization:
- Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-89SR18035
- OSTI ID:
- 10152962
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-MS-92-010; CONF-920448-6; ON: DE92015332
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 94. annual meeting and exposition of the American Ceramic Society,Minneapolis, MN (United States),12-16 Apr 1992; Other Information: PBD: [1992]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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