Defining a metal-based waste form for IFR pyroprocessing wastes [electronic resource].
- Published:
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1994.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description:
- 16 pages : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators:
- Argonne National Laboratory, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Restrictions on Access:
- Free-to-read Unrestricted online access
- Summary:
- Pyrochemical electrorefining to recover actinides from metal nuclear fuel is a key element of the Integral Fast Reactor (IFR) fuel cycle. The process separates the radioactive fission products from the long-lived actinides in a molten LiCl-KCl salt, and it generates a lower waste volume with significantly less long-term toxicity as compared to spent nuclear fuel. The process waste forms include a mineral-based waste form that will contain fission products removed from an electrolyte salt and a metal-based waste form that will contain metallic fission products and the fuel cladding and process materials. Two concepts for the metal-based waste form are being investigated: (1) encapsulating the metal constituents in a Cu-Al alloy and (2) alloying the metal constituents into a uniform stainless steel-based waste form. Results are given from our recent studies of these two concepts.
- Report Numbers:
- E 1.99:anl/cmt/cp--80022
E 1.99: conf-940204--6
conf-940204--6
anl/cmt/cp--80022 - Subject(s):
- Other Subject(s):
- Waste Forms
- Comparative Evaluations
- Chemical Composition
- Ground Water
- Corrosive Effects
- Radioactive Waste Processing
- Ifr Reactor
- Electrorefining
- Spent Fuels
- Encapsulation
- Fission Products
- Copper Base Alloys
- Uranium Base Alloys
- Phase Diagrams
- Stainless Steels
- Zirconium Alloys
- Copper Alloys
- Aluminium Alloys
- Precipitation
- Fuel Pins
- Microstructure
- Iron Base Alloys
- Corrosion Resistance
- Simulation
- Note:
- Published through SciTech Connect.
01/01/1994.
"anl/cmt/cp--80022"
" conf-940204--6"
"DE94005389"
123. annual meeting of the Minerals, Metals and Materials Society,San Francisco, CA (United States),27 Feb - 3 Mar 1994.
Ackerman, J.P.; Park, J.Y.; McDeavitt, S.M. - Funding Information:
- W-31109-ENG-38
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