Electromelt furnace evaluation
Abstract
An electromelt furnace was designed, built and operated at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory to demonstrate the suitability of this equipment for large-scale processing of radioactive wastes in iron-enriched basalt. Several typical waste compositions were melted and cast. The furnace was disassembled and the components evaluated. Calcines and fluorides attacked the furnace lining, unoxidized metals accumulated under the slag, and electrode attrition was high.
- Publication:
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NASA STI/Recon Technical Report N
- Pub Date:
- September 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981STIN...8222389R
- Keywords:
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- Electroslag Refining;
- Furnaces;
- Melting;
- Radioactive Wastes;
- Chemical Attack;
- Electrodes;
- Extraction;
- Oxidation;
- Waste Disposal;
- Engineering (General)