US DOE-AECL cooperative program for development of high-level radioactive waste container fabrication, closure, and inspection techniques
The US Department of Energy (DOE) and Atomic Energy of Canada Limited (AECL) plan to initiate a cooperative research program on development of manufacturing processes for high-level radioactive waste containers. This joint program will benefit both countries in the development of processes for the fabrication, final closure in a hot-cell, and certification of the containers. Program activity objectives can be summarized as follows: to support the selection of suitable container fabrication, final closure, and inspection techniques for the candidate materials and container designs that are under development or are being considered in the US and Canadian repository programs; and to investigate these techniques for alternate materials and/or container designs, to be determined in future optimization studies relating to long-term performance of the waste packages. The program participants will carry out this work in a conditional phased approach, and the scope of work for subsequent years will evolve subject to developments in earlier years. The overall term of this cooperative program is planned to run roughly three years. 5 refs., 2 tabs.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Livermore National Lab. (LLNL), Livermore, CA (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 137885
- Report Number(s):
- UCRL-JC-103679; CONF-9009110-3; ON: DE91000257; TRN: 90:034076
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Joint American Nuclear Society (ANS) Power Division topical meeting and the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) nuclear energy conference, Newport, RI (United States), 16-20 Sep 1990; Other Information: PBD: Jun 1990
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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