Waste loading enhancements for hanford low-activity waste glasses - 59018
Creators
- 1. Glass Scientist, DOE-WTP Project Office Engineering Division, US Department of Energy, Richland, Washington (United States)
Description
About 50 million gallons of mixed waste is currently stored in underground tanks at The United States Department of Energy's (DOE) Hanford site in Washington state. The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) will provide the Office of River Protection (ORP) with a means of treating this waste by vitrification for subsequent disposal. The tank waste will be separated into low- and high-activity waste fractions, which will then be vitrified respectively into Immobilized Low Activity Waste (ILAW) and Immobilized High Level Waste (IHLW) products. The ILAW product is destined for disposal in an engineered facility at Hanford site while the IHLW product will be disposed in a national geological repository. Both waste forms must meet a variety of requirements to ensure the protection of the environment before they can be accepted for disposal. (author)
Additional details
Publishing Information
- Publisher
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers - ASME
- Imprint Place
- New York (United States)
- Imprint Pagination
- 2 p.
Conference
- Title
- 14. international conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management
- Acronym
- ICEM2011
- Dates
- 25-29 Sep 2011
- Place
- Reims (France)
INIS
- Country of Publication
- United States
- Country of Input or Organization
- France
- INIS RN
- 43068365
- Subject category
- S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
- Resource subtype / Literary indicator
- Conference
- Descriptors DEI
- GLASS; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SAFETY; UNDERGROUND; VITRIFICATION; WASTE FORMS; WASTE PROCESSING
- Descriptors DEC
- LEVELS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES
Optional Information
- Notes
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