scholarly journals Site characterization report for the proposed transuranic waste handling and packaging plant, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

1989 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. W. Campbell ◽  
G. F. Cada ◽  
R. H. Ketelle ◽  
R. L. Kroodsman ◽  
R. R. Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Laboratory ◽  
Site Characterization ◽  
Oak Ridge ◽  
Oak Ridge National Laboratory ◽  
Waste Handling ◽  
Transuranic Waste

scholarly journals In situ vitrification demonstration at Pit 1, Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Volume 2: Site characterization report of the Pit 1 area

1997 ◽  
Author(s):  
B.P. Spalding ◽  
M.A. Bogle ◽  
S.R. Cline ◽  
M.T. Naney ◽  
B. Gu
Keyword(s):  
National Laboratory ◽  
Site Characterization ◽  
Oak Ridge ◽  
Oak Ridge National Laboratory

scholarly journals First Results of In-Can Microwave Processing Experiments for Radioactive Liquid Wastes at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

1990 ◽  
Vol 189 ◽  
Author(s):  
T. L. White ◽  
E. L. Youngblood ◽  
J. B. Berry ◽  
A. J. Mattus
Keyword(s):  
Process Development ◽  
National Laboratory ◽  
Development Effort ◽  
Storage Container ◽  
Oak Ridge ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Oak Ridge National Laboratory ◽  
First Results ◽  
Waste Handling ◽  
Microwave Process

ABSTRACTThe Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) Waste Handling and Packaging Plant is developing a microwave process to reduce and solidify remote-handled transuranic (RH-TRU) liquids and sludges presently stored in large tanks at ORNL. Testing has recently begun on an in-drum microwave process using nonradioactive RH-TRU surrogates. The microwave process development effort has focused on an in-drum process to dry the RH-TRU liquids and sludges in the final storage container and then melt the salt residues to form a solid monolith. A 1/3-scale proprietary microwave applicator was designed, fabricated, and tested to demonstrate the essential features of the microwave design and to provide input into the design of the fullscale applicator. Conductivity cell measurements suggest that the microwave energy heats near the surface of the surrogate over a wide range of temperatures. The final wasteform meets the waste acceptance criteria for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant, a federal repository for defense transuranic wastes near Carlsbad, New Mexico.

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