Research and development on a salt processing alternative for high-level waste at the Savannah River Site [[electronic resource] /] / Committee on Radionuclide Separation Processes for High-Level Waste at the Savannah River Site, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456055703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, c2001
• ISBN: 1-280-18430-2; 9786610184309; 0-309-57021-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (96 p.)
• Collana: The compass series
• Disciplina: 621.48
• Soggetti: Radioactive waste disposal - South Carolina; Salts; 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: ""Research and Development on a Salt Processing Alternative for High-level Waste at the Savannah River Site""; ""Copyright""; ""PREFACE""; ""LIST OF REVIEWERS""; ""Contents""; ""EXECUTIVE SUMMARY""; ""RESPONSE TO CHARGE 2: EVALUATE THE PROGRESS AND RESULTS OF THE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT WORK THAT IS BEING UNDERTAKEN ON""; ""CHARGE 3: ASSESS WHETHER THE TECHNICAL UNCERTAINTIES HAVE BEEN SUFFICIENTLY RESOLVED TO PROCEED WITH DOWNSIZING THE LIST OF""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""PROGRESS AND RESULTS OF DOE'S RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM""; ""SMALL TANK TETRAPHENYLBORATE PRECIPITATION""; ""2000 NRC Committee Recommendations""""Current Research and Development Results""; ""Mechanism of TPB Decomposition""; ""Waste Foaming""; ""Real Waste Tests""; ""Committee Conclusions on the STTP Process""; ""CRYSTALLINE SILICOTITANATE ION EXCHANGE""; ""2000 NRC Committee Recommendations""; ""Current Research and ; Development Results""; ""CST Performance and CST Pretreatment Technologies""; ""Chemical and Thermal Stability of Cesium-Loaded CST""; ""CST Process Columns""; ""Effect of Additional Titanium from CST on the DWPF""; ""Discussion""; ""Committee Conclusions on the CST Process""; ""CAUSTIC SIDE SOLVENT EXTRACTION""""2000 NRC Committee Recommendations""; ""Current Research and Development Results""; ""CSSX Proof of Concept""; ""Solvent Chemical Stability""; ""Solvent Radiological Stability""; ""Solvent Preparation and Commercialization""; ""Discussion""; ""Committee Conclusions on the CSSX Process""; ""ACTINIDE AND STRONTIUM REMOVAL""; ""2000 NRC Committee Recommendations""; ""Current Research and Development Results""; ""Actinide and Strontium Removal Requirements""; ""Solid-Liquid Separation Studies""; ""Alternatives to MST for Actinide and Strontium Removal""; ""Committee Comments on the MST Process""""REFERENCES""; ""APPENDIX A Letters of Request for this Study ""; ""APPENDIX B Interim Report ""; ""THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES""; ""COMMITTEE ON RADIONULIDE SEPARATION PROCESSES FOR HIGH-LEVEL WASTE AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE""; ""Staff""; ""BOARD ON RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT""; ""Staff""; ""BOARD ON CHEMICAL SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGY""; ""Staff""; ""ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF REVIEWERS""; ""CONTENTS""; ""SUMMARY""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""BACKGROUND""; ""DOE SELECTION CRITERIA AND GOALS""; ""COMMENTS ON CRITERIA""; ""FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""REFERENCES CITED""""APPENDIX A BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS ""; ""APPENDIX B LETTERS OF REQUEST FOR THIS STUDY ""; ""APPENDIX C HIGH-LEVEL WASTE AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE ""; ""TANK WASTE PROCESSING""; ""Waste Concentration and Storage""; ""Radionuclide Immobilization""; ""Extended Sludge Processing""; ""Salt Processing""; ""Salt Disposal.""; ""CESIUM REMOVAL PROBLEM""; ""Strontium/Actinide Removal by MST""; ""Tetraphenylborate Precipitation Process""; ""Crystalline Silicotitanate Ion Exchange""; ""Caustic Side Solvent Extraction""; ""Direct Disposal in Grout""; ""APPENDIX C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members ""