Evaluation of the electrometallurgical approach for treatment of excess weapons plutonium / Committee on Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment ... [et. al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Electrometallurgy.

Radioactive waste disposal--Management.

Radioactive waste disposal.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (71 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""AN EVALUATION OF THE ELECTROMETALLURGICAL APPROACH FOR TREATMENT OF EXCESS WEAPONS PLUTONIUM""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""CISAC Findings""; ""Efforts of the Fissile Materials Disposition Program""; ""MODIFICATIONS OF THE SPENT FUEL PROCESSING FLOW SHEET""; ""Plutonium Disposition Flow Sheet Option""; ""Modified Flow Sheet: Conclusions""; ""Modified Flow Sheet: Recommendations""; ""WASTE FORMS AND CHARACTERISTICS""; ""Expected Waste Forms""; ""Zeolite Waste Form""; ""Physical Characteristics""

""Zeolite Column Loading""""Glass-Bonded Zeolite Production""; ""Waste Form Testing and Acceptability""; ""Cladding Metal Waste Form""; ""Waste Forms: Conclusions and Recommendations""; ""OTHER ISSUES AND CONSIDERATIONS: PROLIFERATION, TIME LINE, COST, AND POLICY""; ""CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""1 INTRODUCTION ""; ""2 BACKGROUND ""; ""CISAC FINDINGS""; ""EFFORTS OF THE FISSILE MATERIALS DISPOSITION PROGRAM""; ""3 MODIFICATIONS OF THE SPENT FUEL PROCESSING FLOW SHEET ""; ""PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION FLOW SHEET OPTION""; ""MODIFIED FLOW SHEET: CONCLUSIONS""

""MODIFIED FLOW SHEET: RECOMMENDATIONS""""4 WASTE FORMS AND CHARACTERISTICS ""; ""EXPECTED WASTE FORMS""; ""ZEOLITE WASTE FORM""; ""Physical Characteristics""; ""Zeolite Column Loading""; ""Glass-Bonded Zeolite Production""; ""Waste Form Testing and Acceptability""; ""CLADDING METAL WASTE FORM""; ""WASTE FORMS: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""5 OTHER ISSUES AND CONSIDERATIONS: PROLIFERATION, TIME LINE, COST, AND POLICY""; ""6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ""; ""APPENDICES""; ""A COMMITTEE MEETINGS ""; ""FIRST MEETING, OCTOBER 4-5, 1995""; ""Wednesday, October 4""

""Thursday, October 5""""FIRST MEETING, OCTOBER 4-5, 1995""; ""Executive Session (Oct. 4)""; ""Open Session (Oct. 4)""; ""Executive Session (Oct. 5)""; ""SECOND MEETING, DECEMBER 4-5, 1995""; ""Monday, December 4""; ""Tuesday, December 5""; ""SECOND MEETING, DECEMBER 4-5, 1995""; ""Executive Session (Dec. 4)""; ""Open Session""; ""Open Session (Dec. 5)""; ""Executive Session""; ""B ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS SUBMITTED ON NOVEMBER 3, 1995, BY THE COMMITTEE ""; ""Plutonium Disposition""; ""Waste Forms""; ""EBR-II Shutdown and R&D Program""; ""Literature""

""The following references were provided:""""C ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS SUBMITTED ON DECEMBER 4, 1995, BY THE COMMITTEE""; ""D THE ANL ELECTROREFINER ""; ""E ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT ""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

OCLC:

567831780