Open AccessDevelopment Of High Waste-Loading HLW Glasses For High Bismuth Phosphate Wastes, VSL-12R2550-1, Rev 0
Author(s) -
Albert A. Kruger,
Ian L. Pegg,
Hao Gan,
Wing K. Kot
Publication year - 2012
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/1059495
Subject(s) - bismuth , high level waste , radioactive waste , materials science , crystallization , vitrification , waste management , environmental science , nuclear chemistry , metallurgy , chemistry , chemical engineering , engineering , medicine , andrology
This report presents results from tests with new glass formulations that have been developed for several high Bi-P HLW compositions that are expected to be processed at the WTP that have not been tested previously. WTP HLW feed compositions were reviewed to select waste batches that are high in Bi-P and that are reasonably distinct from the Bi-limited waste that has been tested previously. Three such high Bi-P HLW compositions were selected for this work. The focus of the present work was to determine whether the same type of issues as seen in previous work with high-Bi HLW will be seen in HLW with different concentrations of Bi, P and Cr and also whether similar glass formulation development approaches would be successful in mitigating these issues. New glass compositions were developed for each of the three representative Bi-P HLW wastes and characterized with respect to key processing and product quality properties and, in particular, those relating to crystallization and foaming tendency