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McDeavitt, S.M.; Abraham, D.P.; Keiser, D.D. Jr.; Park, J.Y.
Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Funding organisation: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)1996
Argonne National Lab., IL (United States). Funding organisation: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)1996
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[en] An electrometallurgical treatment process has been developed by Argonne National Laboratory to convert various types of spent nuclear fuels into stable storage forms and waste forms for repository disposal. The first application of this process will be to treat spent fuel alloys from the Experimental Breeder Reactor-II. Three distinct product streams emanate from the electrorefining process: (1) refined uranium; (2) fission products and actinides extracted from the electrolyte salt that are processed into a mineral waste form; and (3) metallic wastes left behind at the completion of the electrorefining step. The third product stream (i.e., the metal waste stream) is the subject of this paper. The metal waste stream contains components of the chopped spent fuel that are unaffected by the electrorefining process because of their electrochemically ''noble'' nature; this includes the cladding hulls, noble metal fission products (NMFP), and, in specific cases, zirconium from metal fuel alloys. The selected method for the consolidation and stabilization of the metal waste stream is melting and casting into a uniform, corrosion-resistant alloy. The waste form casting process will be carried out in a controlled-atmosphere furnace at high temperatures with a molten salt flux. Spent fuels with both stainless steel and Zircaloy cladding are being evaluated for treatment; thus, stainless steel-rich and Zircaloy-rich waste forms are being developed. Although the primary disposition option for the actinides is the mineral waste form, the concept of incorporating the TRU-bearing product into the metal waste form has enough potential to warrant investigation
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1996; 12 p; SPECTRUM '96: international conference on nuclear and hazardous waste management; Seattle, WA (United States); 18-23 Aug 1996; CONF-960804--41; CONTRACT W-31109-ENG-38; Also available from OSTI as DE96012711; NTIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep
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ALPHA-BEARING WASTES, CASTING, CORROSION RESISTANCE, EBR-2 REACTOR, ELECTROMETALLURGY, INDUCTION FURNACES, INTERMETALLIC COMPOUNDS, MICROSTRUCTURE, MOLYBDENUM ADDITIONS, NEPTUNIUM, PALLADIUM ADDITIONS, PHASE STUDIES, PLUTONIUM, POROSITY, RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL, RHENIUM ADDITIONS, RUTHENIUM ADDITIONS, SILVER ADDITIONS, SPENT FUELS, STAINLESS STEELS, TECHNETIUM ADDITIONS, URANIUM, WASTE FORMS, ZIRCALOY
ACTINIDES, ALLOYS, BREEDER REACTORS, CARBON ADDITIONS, CRYSTAL STRUCTURE, ELECTRIC FURNACES, ELEMENTS, ENERGY SOURCES, EPITHERMAL REACTORS, EXPERIMENTAL REACTORS, FABRICATION, FAST REACTORS, FBR TYPE REACTORS, FUELS, FURNACES, HIGH ALLOY STEELS, IRON ALLOYS, IRON BASE ALLOYS, LIQUID METAL COOLED REACTORS, LMFBR TYPE REACTORS, MANAGEMENT, MATERIALS, METALLURGY, METALS, NUCLEAR FUELS, POWER REACTORS, RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS, RADIOACTIVE WASTES, REACTOR MATERIALS, REACTORS, RESEARCH AND TEST REACTORS, SODIUM COOLED REACTORS, STEELS, TRANSITION ELEMENT ALLOYS, TRANSURANIUM ELEMENTS, WASTE DISPOSAL, WASTE MANAGEMENT, WASTES, ZIRCONIUM ALLOYS, ZIRCONIUM BASE ALLOYS
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