Published February 1998 | Version v1
Report Restricted

Vitrified waste option study report

Creators

Description

A open-quotes Settlement Agreementclose quotes between the Department of Energy and the State of Idaho mandates that all radioactive high-level waste (HLW) now stored at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (ICPP) will be treated so that it is ready to be moved out of Idaho for disposal by a target date of 2035. This report investigates vitrification treatment of all ICPP calcine, including the existing and future HLW calcine resulting from calcining liquid Sodium-Bearing Waste (SBW). Currently, the SBW is stored in the tank farm at the ICPP. Vitrification of these wastes is an acceptable treatment method for complying with the Settlement Agreement. This method involves vitrifying the calcined waste and casting the vitrified mass into stainless steel canisters that will be ready to be moved out of the Idaho for disposal by 2035. These canisters will be stored at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) until they are sent to a HLW national repository. The operating period for vitrification treatment will be from 2013 through 2032; all HLW will be treated and in storage by the end of 2032

Availability note (English)

Available from INIS in electronic form; ALSO AVAILABLE FROM OSTI AS DE98052230; NTIS; US GOVT. PRINTING OFFICE DEP.

Files

Restricted

The record is publicly accessible, but files are restricted to users with access.

Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
451 p.
Report number
INEEL/EXT--97-01389

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
29040044
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Descriptors DEI
CONTAINERS; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; IDAHO CHEMICAL PROCESSING PLANT; RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; REMEDIAL ACTION; VITRIFICATION
Descriptors DEC
FUEL REPROCESSING PLANTS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; US AEC; US DOE; US ERDA; US ORGANIZATIONS; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC07-94ID13223
Funding organization
USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)