Sulfur polymer cement, a new stabilization agent for mixed and low- level radioactive waste

Conference · Tue Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:10166925

Darnell, G R

Solidification and stabilization agents for radioactive, hazardous, and mixed wastes are failing to pass governmental tests at alarming rates. The Department of Energy`s National Low-Level Waste Management Program funded testing of Sulfur Polymer Cement (SPC) by Brookhaven National Laboratory during the 1980s. Those tests and tests by the US Bureau of Mines (the original developer of SPC), universities, states, and the concrete industry have shown SPC to be superior to hydraulic cements in most cases. Superior in what wastes can be successfully combined and in the quantity of waste that can be combined and still pass the tests established by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 10166925
• Report Number(s): EGG-M-91419; CONF-910840-11; ON: DE92017889
• Resource Relation: Conference: 2. BMFT materials research symposium,Dresden (Germany),26-29 Aug 1991; Other Information: PBD: [1991]
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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