Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ALTERNATIVES FOR HIGH-LEVEL WASTE SALT PROCESSING AT THE SAVANNAH RIVER SITE
  • Copyright
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Report Reviewers
  • Contents
  • Summary
  • 1 Introduction
  • BACKGROUND ON THE HIGH-LEVEL WASTE PROGRAM AT SAVANNAH RIVER
  • Waste Concentration and Storage
  • Radionuclide Immobilization
  • Extended Sludge Processing
  • Salt Processing
  • Salt Disposal
  • ORIGIN OF THE CESIUM REMOVAL PROBLEM
  • IDENTIFICATION OF PROCESSES FOR CESIUM REMOVAL
  • Strontium/Actinide Removal by MST
  • Tetraphenylborate Precipitation Process
  • Crystalline Silicotitanate Ion ExchangeCaustic Side Solvent Extraction
  • Direct Disposal in Grout
  • RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE COMMITTEE'S INTERIM REPORT
  • GENERIC ISSUES
  • 2 Screening Procedure
  • BACKGROUND
  • Literature and Patent Search
  • Initial Selection of Process Alternatives (Phase I)
  • Reduction of Process Alternatives to Four (Phase II)
  • Selection of Recommended Process Alternative (Phases III and IV)
  • ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS
  • Literature and Patent Search
  • Initial Selection of Process Alternatives (Phase I)
  • Reduction of Process Alternatives to Four (Phase II)Selection of Recommended Process Alternative (Phases III and IV)
  • GENERAL CONCLUSIONS
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 3 Strontium and Actinide Removal
  • BASELINE APPROACH
  • STRONTIUM AND ACTINIDE REMOVAL
  • MST SOLIDS REMOVAL
  • GLASS COMPATIBILITY
  • MST AVAILABILITY
  • ALTERNATE PROCESSES
  • R & D ACTIVITIES TO RESOLVE UNCERTAINTIES
  • ANALYSIS
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 4 Tetraphenylborate: In-Tank Precipitation and Small-Tank Precipitation Options
  • In-Tank Precipitation Process
  • Small-Tank TPB Precipitation
  • ANALYSISFINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 5 Crystalline Silicotitanate Ion Exchange
  • PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, AND MINERALOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF CST
  • ISSUES TO BE ADDRESSED FOR CST
  • ANALYSIS
  • FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 6 Caustic Side Solvent-Extraction Process
  • DESCRIPTION OF THE PROCESS
  • ANALYSIS, FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 7 Direct Grout Option
  • PROCESS DETAILS
  • OBSTACLES TO SUCCESSFUL IMPLEMENTATION
  • ANALYSIS
  • FINDINGS AND CONCLUSIONS
  • RECOMMENDATIONS
  • 8 Barriers to Implementation of HLW Salt Processing OptionsSYSTEMS INTEGRATION
  • PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
  • References
  • Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
  • Appendix B Interim Report
  • ATTACHMENT A
  • NRC Staff
  • ATTACHMENT C
  • HIGH-LEVEL WASTE SYSTEM AT SAVANNAH RIVER SITE
  • SALT PROCESSING OPTIONS
  • Appendix C Information-Gathering Meetings
  • PRESENTATIONS GIVEN DURING FIRST COMMITTEE MEETING
  • PRESENTATIONS GIVEN DURING SECOND COMMITTEE MEETING
  • Appendix D Incidental Waste