scholarly journals Laboratory Testing of Bulk Vitrified and Steam Reformed Low-Activity Waste Forms to Support A Preliminary Risk Assessment for an Integrated Disposal Facility

Author(s):  
B Peter McGrail ◽  
Eric M Pierce ◽  
Herbert T Schaef ◽  
Elsa A Rodriguez ◽  
Jackie L Steele ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric M Pierce ◽  
B Peter McGrail ◽  
Larry M Bagaasen ◽  
Elsa A Rodriguez ◽  
Dawn M Wellman ◽  
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2005 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric M. Pierce ◽  
B. Peter McGrail ◽  
Larry M. Bagaasen ◽  
Elsa A. Rodriguez ◽  
Dawn M. Wellman ◽  
...  

2006 ◽  
Author(s):  
Eric M. Pierce ◽  
B. Peter McGrail ◽  
Larry M. Bagaasen ◽  
Elsa A. Rodriguez ◽  
Dawn M. Wellman ◽  
...  

2003 ◽  
Author(s):  
B PETER McGrail ◽  
Diana H Bacon ◽  
R JEFFREY Serne ◽  
Eric M Pierce

Author(s):  
Takeshi Ishikura ◽  
Daiichiro Oguri

Abstract Minimizing the volume of radioactive waste generated during dismantling of nuclear power plants is a matter of great importance. In Japan waste forms buried in shallow burial disposal facility as low level radioactive waste (LLW) must be solidified by cement with adequate strength and must extend no harmful openings. The authors have developed an improved method to minimize radioactive waste volume by utilizing radioactive concrete and metal for mortar to fill openings in waste forms. Performance of a method to pre-place large sized metal or concrete waste and to fill mortar using small sized metal or concrete was tested. It was seen that the improved method substantially increases the filling ratio, thereby decreasing the numbers of waste containers.


2006 ◽  
Vol 985 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carol Jantzen ◽  
Troy H. Lorier ◽  
John M. Pareizs ◽  
James C. Marra

AbstractFluidized Bed Steam Reforming (FBSR) is being considered as a potential technology for the immobilization of a wide variety of high sodium low activity wastes (LAW) such as those existing at the Hanford site, at the Idaho National Laboratory (INL), and the Savannah River Site (SRS). The addition of clay, charcoal, and a catalyst as co-reactants with the waste denitrates the aqueous wastes and forms a granular mineral waste form that can subsequently be made into a monolith for disposal if necessary. The waste form produced is a multiphase mineral assemblage of Na-Al-Si (NAS) feldspathoid minerals with cage and ring structures and iron bearing spinel minerals. The mineralization occurs at moderate temperatures between 650-750°C in the presence of superheated steam. The cage and ring structured feldspathoid minerals atomically bond radionuclides like Tc-99 and Cs-137 and anions such as SO4, I, F, and Cl. The spinel minerals stabilize Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) hazardous species such as Cr and Ni. Granular mineral waste forms were made from (1) a basic Hanford Envelope A low-activity waste (LAW) simulant and (2) an acidic INL simulant commonly referred to as sodium-bearing waste (SBW) in pilot scale facilities at the Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) Science and Technology Applications Research (STAR) facility in Idaho Falls, ID. The FBSR waste forms were characterized and the durability tested via ASTM C1285 (Product Consistency Test), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Toxic Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP), and the Single Pass Flow Through (SPFT) test. The results of the SPFT testing and the activation energies for dissolution are discussed in this study.


2005 ◽  
Vol 88 (12) ◽  
pp. 3287-3302 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yun Bao ◽  
Michael W. Grutzeck ◽  
Carol M. Jantzen
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