U. S. domestic high level waste management system. [Spray solidification and fluidized-bed calcination]
- Resource Type
- Conference
- Authors
- Source
- Conference: Fuel cycle conference, Phoenix, AZ, USA, 21 Mar 1976
- Subject
- 12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
SOLIDIFICATION
USA
CALCINATION
COST
FLUIDIZED BED
RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
DECOMPOSITION
MANAGEMENT
NORTH AMERICA
PHASE TRANSFORMATIONS
PROCESSING
PYROLYSIS
STORAGE
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTE STORAGE 052001* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Waste Processing
052002 -- Nuclear Fuels-- Waste Disposal & Storage
- Language
- English
The following aspects of radioactive waste management are discussed: techniques for solidifying or fixing the high-level waste; transport of the fixed waste to a federal repository; the characteristics of the solidified waste; an interim storage technique for these wastes at the federal repository; and a rough estimate of costs.