Glass furnace project: October 1983-March 1984

A commercially available joule-heated glass furnace system is currently being evaluated at Mound as a means of processing low-level radioactive wastes typically found at light water reactor facilities. The primary concerns of the evaluation have been to determine the effectiveness of the technique relative to waste reduction, isotope immobilization, and process costs. The radioactively spiked waste treatment experiments started earlier have continued, but have been subjected to several interruptions as a result of furnace mechanical failures. This report presents isotope capture and retention data collected to date, as well as a description and evaluation of the mechanical problems. 1 reference, 2 figures, 4 tables