Electrometallurgical techniques for DOE spent fuel treatment : an assessment of waste form development and characterization / Committee on Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Academy Press (U.S.)

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

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Radioactive wastes--Purification.

Radioactive wastes.

Spent reactor fuels--Management.

Spent reactor fuels.

Electrometallurgy.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (70 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1999.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""ELECTROMETALLURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR DOE SPENT FUEL TREATMENT""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""WASTE FORM QUALIFICATION AND ACCEPTANCE""; ""Metal Waste Forms""; ""Ceramic Waste Form Testing and Plans for Qualification""; ""ADDITIONAL CONSIDERATIONS RELATED TO THE DEMONSTRATION PROJECT""; ""Disposition of the Uranium Product Stream Produced by the EMT Process""; ""The Quantity of EMT Waste Forms Produced from EBR-II Spent Nuclear Fuel""; ""1 Introduction ""

""PRIOR COMMITTEE FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON WASTE FORMS""""2 Background ""; ""3 Waste Form Qualification and Acceptance ""; ""METAL WASTE FORMS""; ""Background""; ""Metal Waste Form Testing and Plans for Qualification""; ""Success Criteria Goals""; ""CERAMIC WASTE FORM""; ""Background""; ""Ceramic Waste Form Testing and Plans for Qualification""; ""Issues""; ""Fabrication of Ceramic Waste Forms""; ""Zeolite Column Operation""; ""Success Criteria Goals""; ""Development""; ""4 Additional Considerations Related to the Demonstration Project ""

""DISPOSITION OF THE URANIUM PRODUCT STREAM PRODUCED BY THE EMT PROCESS""""QUANTITY OF EMT WASTE FORMS PRODUCED FROM EBR-II SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Charge for the Committee on Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment (Phase 1 and 2)""; ""Appendix B ANL's Electrometallurgical Demonstration Project Success Criteria ""; ""DEMONSTRATION PROJECT SUCCESS CRITERIA""; ""Appendix C Meeting Summary, January 28-29, 1999 ""; ""JANUARY 28, 1999""; ""Open Session""; ""JANUARY 29, 1999""; ""Closed Session""; ""Appendix D Meeting Summary, March 15, 1999 ""

""EXECUTIVE SESSION""""OPEN SESSION""; ""EXECUTIVE SESSION""; ""Appendix E ANL-DOE Interactions Related to Waste Forms Generated by ANL's EMT Program ""; ""Attachment 1: Repository EIS Meetings""; ""Attachment 2: Spent Nuclear Fuel Program Meetings""; ""Attachment 3: DOE High-Level Waste Programs and DOE-RW Meetings""; ""Appendix F Abbreviations and Acronyms Used in the Main Text of This Report ""

Notes:

Report resulting from a study under the aegis of the Committee on Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment on electrometallurgy technology for treating spent nuclear fuel.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contains:

National Research Council (U.S.). Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications.

OCLC:

567836721