Technology for Commercial Radioactive Waste Management. Volume 2.

Abstract

This section describes conceptual processes and facilities for treating gaseous and various transuranium (TRU) wastes produced during the postfission portion of the Light Water Reactors (LWR) fuel cycle. The goal of the treatment process for TRU wastes and for long-lived radionuclides removed from the gaseous waste streams is to convert these wastes to stable products suitable for placement in geologic isolation repositories. The treatment concepts are based on available technology. They do not necessarily represent an optimum design but are representative of what could be achieved with current technology. In actual applications it is reasonable to expect that there could be some improvement over these concepts that might be reflected in either lower costs or lower environmental impacts or both. These conceptual descriptions do provide a reasonable basis for development of estimates of enviromental impacts.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1979
Accession Number
ADA078256

Entities

Organizations

  • United States Department of Energy

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Synthesis
  • Chemistry
  • Gases
  • Health Services
  • Material Degradation Processes
  • Materials Laboratories
  • Materials Processing
  • Materials Science
  • Materials Testing
  • Medical Personnel
  • Nuclear Materials
  • Separators

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  • Environmental Engineering.
  • Systems Analysis and Design