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Alternative Radwaste Solidification Route for Three Mile Island Wastes
Author(s) -
Komarneni Sridhar,
Roy Rustum
Publication year - 1982
Publication title -
journal of the american ceramic society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.9
H-Index - 196
eISSN - 1551-2916
pISSN - 0002-7820
DOI - 10.1111/j.1151-2916.1982.tb09947.x
Subject(s) - borosilicate glass , radioactive waste , waste management , mile , radionuclide , sintering , adsorption , materials science , environmental science , metallurgy , geology , chemistry , physics , geodesy , organic chemistry , quantum mechanics , engineering
Present plans being considered for Three Mile Island (TMI) wastes involve radionuclide adsorption on zeolites, transportation, and possible melting with pit into glass. Several zeolites were treated with a simulated TMI waste and directly sintered at 1000°C to fix the adsorbed ions. The Cs leach rates of the sintered products are similar to those of borosilicate glasses. Thus, simple sintering (on‐site) of zeolites may be a cost‐effective and less cumbersome alternative for such waste solidification.