Chemical Technology Division annual technical report, 1992

Technical Report · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1993

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10180639· OSTI ID:10180639

Battles, J E; Myles, K M; Laidler, J J; Green, D W

In this period, CMT conducted research and development in the following areas: (1) electrochemical technology, including advanced batteries and fuel cells; (2) technology for fluidized-bed combustion and coal-fired magnetohydrodynamics; (3) methods for treatment of hazardous waste, mixed hazardous/radioactive waste, and municipal solid waste; (4) the reaction of nuclear waste glass and spent fuel under conditions expected for an unsaturated repository; (5) processes for separating and recovering transuranic elements from nuclear waste streams, treating water contaminated with volatile organics, and concentrating radioactive waste streams; (6) recovery processes for discharged fuel and the uranium blanket in the Integral Fast Reactor (EFR); (7) processes for removal of actinides in spent fuel from commercial water-cooled nuclear reactors and burnup in IFRs; and (8) physical chemistry of selected materials (corium; Fe-U-Zr, tritium in LiAlO{sub 2} in environments simulating those of fission and fusion energy systems. The Division also conducts basic research in catalytic chemistry associated with molecular energy resources and novel` ceramic precursors; materials chemistry of superconducting oxides, electrified metal/solution interfaces, and molecular sieve structures; and the geochemical processes involved in water-rock interactions occurring in active hydrothermal systems. In addition, the Analytical Chemistry Laboratory in CMT provides a broad range of analytical chemistry support services to the technical programs at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL).

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab. (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 10180639
• Report Number(s): ANL-93/17; ON: DE93019465; TRN: 93:020026
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Jun 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
25 ENERGY STORAGE
30 DIRECT ENERGY CONVERSION
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ELECTRIC BATTERIES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
FUEL CELLS
CHEMISTRY
COAL
COMBUSTION
IFR REACTOR
PYROCHEMICAL REPROCESSING
ACTINIDES
MATERIALS RECOVERY
CORIUM
VISCOSITY
TRITIUM
DIFFUSION
DESORPTION
PROGRESS REPORT
FLUIDIZED-BED COMBUSTION
COAL-FIRED MHD GENERATORS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
WASTE PROCESSING
TRUEX PROCESS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
CONCRETES
URANIUM DIOXIDE
ZIRCONIUM OXIDES
URANIUM ALLOYS
IRON ALLOYS
ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS
PHASE DIAGRAMS
LITHIUM COMPOUNDS
ALUMINATES
HIGH-TC SUPERCONDUCTORS
ELECTROCHEMISTRY
GEOCHEMISTRY
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
DECONTAMINATION
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250900
300500
052000
BATTERIES
WASTE MANAGEMENT