Alternative high-level waste treatments at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory / Committee on Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), High-Level Waste Alternative Treatments, Board of Radioactive Waste Management, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radioactive wastes--Heat treatment--Idaho--Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Region.

Radioactive wastes.

Radioactive waste disposal--Risk assessment--Idaho--Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Region.

Radioactive waste disposal.

Radioactive wastes--Management--Environmental aspects--Idaho--Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Region.

Radioactive wastes--Government policy--Environmental aspects--Idaho--Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory Region.

Nuclear facilities--Environmental aspects--Idaho.

Nuclear facilities.

Hazardous waste site remediation--Idaho.

Hazardous waste site remediation.

Hazardous waste treatment facilities--Environmental aspects--Idaho.

Hazardous waste treatment facilities.

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (200 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Alternative High-Level Waste Treatments at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory""; ""Copyright""; ""Executive Summary""; ""INCOMPLETE CHARACTERIZATION DATA""; ""ADDITIONAL TESTING NEEDS""; ""ESTABLISHMENT OF DEFINITIVE WASTE FORM SPECIFICATIONS""; ""DISPOSAL UNCERTAINTIES""; ""SELECTION OF A TREATMENT OPTION""; ""RECOMMENDATION ON HLW CALCINE""; ""RECOMMENDATION ON SBW""; ""CLOSURE SPECIFICATIONS""; ""RISK ANALYSIS PERSPECTIVE""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""Contents""; ""1 Introduction""; ""WASTE GENERATED FROM PAST REPROCESSING PRACTICES""

""SOLID WASTE IN BINS""""LIQUID WASTE IN TANKS""; ""OTHER HLW: SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL INVENTORIES""; ""OTHER INVENTORIES OF RADIOACTIVE WASTE""; ""FUTURE PLANS AND CONTEXT FOR THIS STUDY""; ""PROCESS OPTIONS""; ""ORGANIZATION OF THIS REPORT""; ""2 Calcine Characterization, Retrieval, and Dissolution""; ""CALCINE CHARACTERIZATION""; ""RETRIEVAL, HANDLING, AND BLENDING OF CALCINE FROM BINS""; ""Retrieval Operations""; ""Calcine Handling and Blending""; ""CALCINE DISSOLUTION""; ""Characteristics of UDS""; ""Derivation of Dissolution Specifications""; ""ADEQUACY OF EXISTING INFORMATION""

""CRITICAL TESTING NEEDS""""3 Physical and Chemical Separations""; ""THE SEPARATIONS APPROACH""; ""SOLID-LIQUID SEPARATIONS""; ""Current Status""; ""CESIUM ION EXCHANGE SEPARATION""; ""Experimental Basis""; ""Current Status""; ""STRONTIUM SEPARATION""; ""Adequacy of Existing Information""; ""Critical Testing Needs""; ""Alternatives""; ""TRUEX SEPARATIONS PROCESS""; ""Technical Problems""; ""Current Laboratory Experimentation""; ""Questionable Experimental Process Modifications""; ""Required Technical Demonstration of Proposed Process""

""SEPARATIONS PROCESSING CHALLENGES ASSOCIATED WITH THE COMBINATION OF INDIVIDUAL STEPS""""SUMMARY""; ""4 Treatment of Sodium-Bearing Liquid Waste""; ""PRESENT STATUS AND PROGRAM PLANS""; ""PROCESSING METHODS""; ""REPOSITORY AND TREATMENT OPTIONS FOR NON-HLW""; ""Other Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management Plans for Disposal of Low-Level TRU Waste in WIPP or NTS""; ""5 Vitrification""; ""NONSEPARATION OPTION""; ""Waste Compositions and Characteristics""; ""Zirconia-Based Calcine""; ""Alumina-Based Calcine""; ""SBW to be Calcined or Directly Immobilized""

""Mixtures of Alumina Calcine and SBW""""Vitrification Facility and Processing""; ""SEPARATION OPTION""; ""Waste Compositions and Characteristics""; ""Vitrification Facility and Processing""; ""POTENTIAL PROBLEMS""; ""Blending to Achieve Uniform Waste Composition""; ""Waste Loading in Borosilicate Glass""; ""High Phosphate Content""; ""Zirconia-Related Problems""; ""Tolerance of Glass to the Content of Calcium Fluoride""; ""Testing Needs""; ""6 Cementation""; ""PROCESS DESCRIPTIONS""; ""Direct Cementation: Mixed HLW Hydroceramic with Feed of Clay, Slag, Soda, and Water""

""Direct Cementation: Mixed HLW Hydroceramic with Feed of Sucrose, Clay, NaOH, and Water""

Notes:

"This work was sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy, Contract Nos. DE-FC01-94EW5904"--T.p. verso.

Appendices C-D contain biographical sketches of the committee members and the technical experts.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 121-140) and seven appendices.

ISBN:

9786610185771

9781280185779

1280185775

9780309593649

0309593646

9780585211664

0585211663

OCLC:

923263190