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Leaching Characteristics of the Metal Waste Form From the Electrometallurgical Treatment Process: Product Consistency Testing

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 February 2011

S. G. Johnson ,
D. D. Keiser ,
S. M. Frank ,
T. DiSanto ,
A. R. Warren  and
M. Noy
S. G. Johnson
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West P.O. 2528 Idaho Falls, ID 83403
D. D. Keiser
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West P.O. 2528 Idaho Falls, ID 83403
S. M. Frank
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West P.O. 2528 Idaho Falls, ID 83403
T. DiSanto
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West P.O. 2528 Idaho Falls, ID 83403
A. R. Warren
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West P.O. 2528 Idaho Falls, ID 83403
M. Noy
Affiliation:
Argonne National Laboratory-West P.O. 2528 Idaho Falls, ID 83403
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Abstract

Argonne National Laboratory has developed an electrometallurgical treatment for spent fuel from the experimental breeder reactor II. A product of this treatment process is a metal waste form that incorporates the stainless steel cladding hulls, zirconium from the fuel and the fission products that are noble to the process, i.e., Tc, Ru, Nb, Pd, Rh, and Ag. The nominal composition of this waste form is stainless steel/15 wt% zirconium/1-4 wt% noble metal fission products /1-2 wt % U. Leaching results are presented from crushed sample immersion tests on simulated metal waste form samples. The test results will be presented and their relevance for waste form product consistency testing discussed.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 608: Symposium QQ – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XXIII , 1999 , 589
Copyright
Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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