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Defense Waste Processing Facility: a remote process for solidification of Savannah River Plant high level waste

R. Maher, L F Shafranek, J.A. Kelley, R. W. Zeyfang, A.J. Lethco

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The Department of Energy is proposing that a Defense Waste Processing Facility be built at the Savannah River Plant (SRP) to remotely process and immobilize high level radioactive waste produced at the site. Research, development, and design of the facility is being provided by a multidisciplined task force of personnel from the Du Pont Company which designed, built and has operated SRP since 1950. This remotely operated facility will immobilize 28 million gallons of high level waste now stored in tanks, plus the waste to be generated from continued reprocessing operations. Borosilicate glass has been selected as the reference waste form for the immobilization process.

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Key concepts: Savannah River Site, Waste management, Borosilicate glass, Radioactive waste, High-level waste, Environmental science, Waste treatment, Process (computing)