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Characterization of a Fe-based alloy system for an AFCI metallic waste form - 16134

  • 1. Savannah River National Laboratory, Aiken, SC, (United States)

Description

The AFCI waste management program aims to provide a minimum volume stable waste form for high level radioactive waste from the various process streams. The AFCI Integrated Waste Management Strategy document has identified a Fe-Zr metallic waste form (MWF) as the baseline alloy for disposal of Tc metal, undissolved solids, and TRUEX fission product wastes. Several candidate alloys have been fabricated using vacuum induction melting to investigate the limits of waste loading as a function of Fe and Zr content. Additional melts have been produced to investigate source material composition. These alloys have been characterized using SEM/EDS and XRD. Phase assemblage and specie partitioning of Re metal (surrogate for Tc) and noble metal FP elements into the phases is reported. (authors)

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Publishing Information

Publisher
American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME
Imprint Place
Fairfield, NJ (United States)
ISBN
978-0-7918-3865-X
Imprint Pagination
3 p.

Conference

Title
12. International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management
Acronym
ICEM'09/DECOM'09
Dates
11-15 Oct 2009
Place
Liverpool (United Kingdom)

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