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Development of a fluidized-bed calciner and past-treatment processes for solidification of commercial fuel-reprocessing liquid wastes
R.E. Schindler, J.R. Berreth, G.G. Simpson, Jenna Valentine, Walker
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Abstract
The results of development efforts to adapt fluidized-bed-calcination technology, demonstrated by plant operation since 1963 with radioactive wastes at the ICPP Waste Calcining Facility, to the solidification of radioactive liquid wastes from the reprocessing of commercial nuclear-reactor fuels are presented. Pilot-plant calcining tests with simulated wastes verify the feasibility of fluidized-bed calcination of a variety of projected waste compositions. The status of development of metal-matrices and sintered glass-ceramics as alternative waste forms to glass is given. Development needs are presented for fluidized-bed calcination and for alternative waste forms.