Thermal Stabilization Blend Plan

Technical Report · Tue May 02 00:00:00 EDT 2000

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/803706· OSTI ID:803706

RISENMAY, H R

This Blend Plan documents the feed material items that are stored in 2736-2 vaults, the 2736-ZB 638 cage, the 192C vault, and the 225 vault that will be processed through the thermal stabilization furnaces. The purpose of thermal stabilization is to heat the material to 1000 degrees Celsius to drive off all water and leave the plutonium and/or uranium as oxides. The stabilized material will be sampled to determine the Loss On Ignition (LOI) or percent water. The stabilized material must meet water content or LOI of less than 0.5% to be acceptable for storage under DOE-STD-3013-99 specifications. Out of specification material will be recycled through the furnaces until the water or LOI limits are met.

• Research Organization: Fluor Hanford, Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-96RL13200
• OSTI ID: 803706
• Report Number(s): HNF-4989, Rev.2; ECN-657670; TRN: US0300798
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: 2 May 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
MIXTURES
FURNACES
IGNITION
OXIDATION
PLUTONIUM
STABILIZATION
STORAGE FACILITIES
URANIUM
WATER REMOVAL