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Equipment experience in a radioactive LFCM vitrification facility

L.K. Holton, R.D. Dierks, R.W. Goles, Gary J. Sevigny, J.E. Surma, Noël Thomas

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Under sponsorship of the US Department of Energy, the Pacific Northwest Laboratory has installed and is operating a pilot-scale radioactive liquid-fed ceramic melter (RLFCM) system in a shielded hot cell at Hanford, Washington. The system, designed to vitrify high-level liquid wastes has been in radioactive service for greater than two years. During that time, approx.10 MCi of fission product activity has been converted to a borosilicate glass waste form. This paper discusses the specific remote equipment performance of the vitrification system.

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Under sponsorship of the US Department of Energy, the Pacific Northwest Laboratory has installed and is operating a pilot-scale radioactive liquid-fed ceramic melter (RLFCM) system in a shielded hot cell at Hanford, Washington. The system, designed to vitrify high-level liquid wastes has been in radioactive service for greater than two years. During that time, approx.10 MCi of fission product activity has been converted to a borosilicate glass waste form. This paper discusses the specific remote equipment performance of the vitrification system.

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Under sponsorship of the US Department of Energy, the Pacific Northwest Laboratory has installed and is operating a pilot-scale radioactive liquid-fed ceramic melter (RLFCM) system in a shielded hot cell at Hanford, Washington. The system, designed to vitrify high-level liquid wastes has been in radioactive service for greater than two years. During that time, approx.10 MCi of fission product activity has been converted to a borosilicate glass waste form. This paper discusses the specific remote equipment performance of the vitrification system.

Key concepts: Vitrification, Borosilicate glass, Radioactive waste, Waste management, Nuclear fission product, Fission products, Hot cell, Hanford Site

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