Fuel cycle programs
Abstract
Waste forms studied include fused salt, calcined slidge mixed with anhydrous silicates, and pellets made from Fe2O3 and aqueous silicate solutions. Leach rate measurements were continued, using tracer and activation techniques and the leach resistance of several waste forms was tested. Work on the impact resistance of brittle waste forms included additional tests with Pyrex specimens. In simulations of a hydraulic breach of a nuclear waste repository located in bedded salt, experiments were performed to study brine flow through rock salt. Logging techniques are being developed to measure the relative amount of residual oil in a depleted oil reservoir. Distribution coefficients of Cs(+) between kaolinite and 0.1M NaHCO3 solutions are being measured. Equipment for the destructive analysis of full length irradiated fuel rods from the LWBR are being developed in support of the LWBR Proof of Breeding Project.
- Publication:
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Quarterly Progress Report
- Pub Date:
- July 1981
- Bibcode:
- 1981argo.rept.....S
- Keywords:
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- Glass;
- Leaching;
- Radioactive Wastes;
- Waste Treatment;
- Weathering;
- Impact Resistance;
- Light Water Breeder Reactors;
- Neutron Activation Analysis;
- Particle Size Distribution;
- Nuclear and High-Energy Physics