Electrometallurgical techniques for DOE spent fuel treatment [[electronic resource] ] : status report on Argonne National Laboratory's R&D activity as of Fall 1998 / / Committee on Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910451469103321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1999
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (93 p.)
• Disciplina: 621.4838
• Soggetti: Radioactive wastes - Purification; Spent reactor fuels - Management; Electrometallurgy; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""ELECTROMETALLURGICAL TECHNIQUES FOR DOE SPENT FUEL TREATMENT""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""SPENT FUEL OPERATIONS""; ""Summary of Progress Through October 1998""; ""High-Throughput Electrorefiners""; ""Cathode Processor and Casting Furnace Unit""; ""RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT IN SUPPORT OF ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY'S DEMONSTRATION PROJECT""; ""Metal Waste Form Testing and Plans""; ""Metal Waste Form Release Rate""; ""Ceramic Waste Form Testing and Development""; ""Hot Isostatic Pressing""; ""Additional Ceramic Waste Form Development Issues""""Demonstration-Scale CWF Processes""; ""Electrometallurgical Treatment of Oxide and Aluminum Alloy Fuels""; ""Oxide Fuels""; ""Aluminum Alloy Spent Fuels""; ""OVERALL PROGRESS IN ANL'S DEMONSTRATION PROJECT""; ""1 Introduction ""; ""2 Spent Fuel Operations ""; ""ELECTROMETALLURGICAL DEMONSTRATION PROJECT SUMMARY OF PROGRESS THROUGH OCTOBER 27, 1998""; ""Electrorefiner Operations at Argonne National Laboratory-West and Argonne National ; Laboratory-East""; ""FINDING""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Cathode Processor and Casting Furnace Unit""; ""3 Research and Development in Support of Argonne National Laboratory's Demonstration Project """"METAL WASTE FORM TESTING AND PLANS""; ""Metal Waste Form Release Rate""; ""FINDINGS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""CERAMIC WASTE FORM TESTING AND DEVELOPMENT""; ""Hot Isostatic Pressing""; ""RECOMMENDATION""; ""Additional Ceramic Waste Form Development Issues""; ""RECOMMENDATION""; ""Demonstration-Scale CWF Processes""; ""ELECTROMETALLURGICAL TREATMENT OF OXIDE AND ALUMINUM ALLOY FUELS""; ""Oxide Fuels""; ""Aluminum Alloy Spent Fuels""; ""4 Overall Progress in ANL's EMT Demonstration Project ""; ""Appendixes""""Appendix A Charge for the Committee on Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment (Phase 3) ""; ""Appendix B Demonstration Project Success Criteria and Demonstration Project Accomplishments Through October 26, 1998""; ""DEMONSTRATION PROJECT SUCCESS CRITERIA""; ""DEMONSTRATION PROJECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS""; ""Significant Accomplishments in the Treatment Process as Reported by ANL at the Committee's June 1998 Meeting""; ""Significant Accomplishments in the Treatment Process as Reported by ANL at the Committee's October 1998 Meeting""; ""Appendix C ANL Monthly Highlights of the Electrometallurgical Treatment Program """"Electrometallurgical Treatment Program Technical Highlights for May 1998""; ""WBS 1.0 Treatment Operations""; ""WBS 1.1 Driver Treatment""; ""WBS 1.2 Blanket Treatment""; ""WBS 1.3 Metal Waste""; ""WBS 1.4 Ceramic Waste Operation with Irradiated Materials""; ""WBS 1.5 Facility Operations""; ""WBS 2.0 Equipment and Facility Modifications""; ""WBS 3.0 Treatment Process Development""; ""WBS 4.0 Process Modeling and Analysis""; ""WBS 5.0 Metal Waste Treatment Development""; ""WBS 6.0 Metal Waste Qualification Testing""