Alternatives for high-level waste salt processing at the Savannah River Site [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Cesium Processing Alternatives for High-Level Waste at the Savannah River Site, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456019203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2000
• ISBN: 1-280-18528-7; 9786610185283; 0-309-56357-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (154 p.)
• Collana: Compass series
• Disciplina: 621.4838
• Soggetti: Radioactive waste disposal; Salts; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: "Support for this study was provided by the U.S. Department of Energy under Grant No. DE-FC01-99EW59049"--T.p. verso.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: ""ALTERNATIVES FOR HIGH-LEVEL WASTE SALT PROCESSING AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE""; ""Copyright""; ""Acknowledgements""; ""List of Report Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Introduction""; ""BACKGROUND ON THE HIGH-LEVEL WASTE PROGRAM AT SAVANNAH RIVER""; ""Waste Concentration and Storage""; ""Radionuclide Immobilization""; ""Extended Sludge Processing""; ""Salt Processing""; ""Salt Disposal""; ""ORIGIN OF THE CESIUM REMOVAL PROBLEM""; ""IDENTIFICATION OF PROCESSES FOR CESIUM REMOVAL""; ""Strontium/Actinide Removal by MST""; ""Tetraphenylborate Precipitation Process""; ""Crystalline Silicotitanate Ion Exchange""""Caustic Side Solvent Extraction""; ""Direct Disposal in Grout""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE'S INTERIM REPORT""; ""GENERIC ISSUES""; ""2 Screening Procedure""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""Literature and Patent Search""; ""Initial Selection of Process Alternatives (Phase I)""; ""Reduction of Process Alternatives to Four (Phase II)""; ""Selection of Recommended Process ; Alternative (Phases III and IV)""; ""ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS""; ""Literature and Patent Search""; ""Initial Selection of Process Alternatives (Phase I)""; ""Reduction of Process Alternatives to Four (Phase II)""""Selection of Recommended Process Alternative (Phases III and IV)""; ""GENERAL CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""3 Strontium and Actinide Removal""; ""BASELINE APPROACH""; ""STRONTIUM AND ACTINIDE REMOVAL""; ""MST SOLIDS REMOVAL""; ""GLASS COMPATIBILITY""; ""MST AVAILABILITY""; ""ALTERNATE PROCESSES""; ""R&D ACTIVITIES TO RESOLVE UNCERTAINTIES""; ""ANALYSIS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""4 Tetraphenylborate: In-Tank Precipitation and Small-Tank Precipitation Options""; ""In-Tank Precipitation Process""; ""Small-Tank TPB Precipitation""; ""ANALYSIS""""FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""5 Crystalline Silicotitanate Ion Exchange""; ""PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, AND MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CST""; ""ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED FOR CST""; ""ANALYSIS""; ""FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""6 Caustic Side Solvent-Extraction Process""; ""DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS""; ""ANALYSIS, FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""7 Direct Grout Option""; ""PROCESS DETAILS""; ""OBSTACLES TO SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION""; ""ANALYSIS""; ""FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS""; ""RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""8 Barriers to Implementation of HLW Salt Processing Options""""SYSTEMS INTEGRATION""; ""PROGRAM MANAGEMENT""; ""References""; ""Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B Interim Report ""; ""ATTACHMENT A""; ""NRC Staff""; ""ATTACHMENT C""; ""HIGH-LEVEL WASTE SYSTEM AT SAVANNAH RIVER SITE""; ""SALT PROCESSING OPTIONS""; ""Appendix C Information-Gathering Meetings""; ""PRESENTATIONS GIVEN DURING FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING""; ""PRESENTATIONS GIVEN DURING SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING""; ""Appendix D Incidental Waste""; ""ROLE OF THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION IN INCIDENTAL WASTE DETERMINATIONS""