Published 1993 | Version v1
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Molten salt treatment to minimize and optimize waste

  • 1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
  • 2. Rockwell International Corp., Canoga Park, CA (United States)

Description

A combination molten salt oxidizer (MSO) and molten salt reactor (MSR) is described for treatment of waste. The MSO is proposed for contained oxidization of organic hazardous waste, for reduction of mass and volume of dilute waste by evaporation of the water. The NTSO residue is to be treated to optimize the waste in terms of its composition, chemical form, mixture, concentration, encapsulation, shape, size, and configuration. Accumulations and storage are minimized, shipments are sized for low risk. Actinides, fissile material, and long-lived isotopes are separated and completely burned or transmuted in an MSR. The MSR requires no fuel element fabrication, accepts the materials as salts in arbitrarily small quantities enhancing safety, security, and overall acceptability

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from OSTI as DE93017762; NTIS; INIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
8 p.
Report number
CONF-930913--14

Conference

Title
future nuclear systems - emerging fuel cycles and waste disposal options.
Acronym
Global '93
Dates
12-17 Sep 1993.
Place
Seattle, WA (United States).

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC05-84OR21400
Funding organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).