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Rights & Permissions Free Resources Display this book on your site! Related Titles Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment:Spring 1998 Status Report on Argonne National Laboratory's R & D Activity Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment: Final Report Other Related Titles An Assessment of Continued R & D into an Electrometallurgical Approach for Treating DOE Spent Nuclear Fuel (1995) Commission on Physical Sciences, Mathematics, and Applications (CPSMA) Citation Manager Export the bibliographic data for this book in your chosen format Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Citation Manager . "CONTENTS." An Assessment of Continued R & D into an Electrometallurgical Approach for Treating DOE Spent Nuclear Fuel. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1995. Please select a format: Page VII   E-mail Share on facebook Facebook Share on delicious Delicious Share on stumbleupon Stumble Share on twitter Twitter More Sharing ServicesMore The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. CONTENTS     EXECUTIVE SUMMARY   ix      Introduction   ix      Argonne National Laboratory's Electrometallurgical Technology   x      The DOE Spent Fuel Inventory   xi      Alternative Technologies   xii      Disposal of Electrometallurgical Effluent Streams   xiii      Effect of Broader DOE-Wide Issues on Planning for Electrometallurgical R&D   xiii      Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations   xiv  1   INTRODUCTION   1      Committee Task   1      Committee Activities   2      Interim Report   3  2   ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY'S ELECTROMETALLURGICAL TECHNOLOGY   5      Description   5      Head-End Treatment   5      Electrorefining   7      Treatment of Electrorefining Effluents   10      Present Status and Future Plans   11      Head-End Treatment   11      Electrorefining   12      Treatment of Electrorefining Effluents   12  3   THE DOE SPENT FUEL INVENTORY   13      Categorizations of Spent Nuclear Fuel   14      Historical Grouping   14      INEL Grouping   14      EIS Grouping   15      Treatment-Oriented Grouping   16      Treatment, Storage, and Disposition of Spent Nuclear Fuel   16      Possible Candidate Fuels for Electrometallurgical Processing   18      Alternative Technologies for Treating DOE Spent Nuclear Fuel   19      Direct Disposal   19      Purex   19 Page VII FRONT MATTER (R1-R6) CONTENTS (R7-R8) EXECUTIVE SUMMARY (1-12) 1 INTRODUCTION (13-16) 2 ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY'S ELECTROMETALLURGICAL TECHNOLOGY (17-24) 3 THE DOE SPENT FUEL INVENTORY (25-34) 4 DISPOSAL OF ELECTROMETALLURGICAL EFFLUENT STREAMS (35-38) 5 EFFECT OF BROADER DOE-WIDE ISSUES ON PLANNING FOR ELECTROMETALLURGICAL R&D (39-44) 6 FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS (45-50) APPENDIXES (51-52) A INTERIM REPORT (53-66) B COMMITTEE MEETINGS (67-72) C Abbreviations Used in This Report (73-73)

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AN ASSESSMENT OF CONTINUED R&D INTO AN ELECTROMETALLURGICAL APPROACH FOR TREATING DOE SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL CONTENTS     EXECUTIVE SUMMARY   ix      Introduction   ix      Argonne National Laboratory's Electrometallurgical Technology   x      The DOE Spent Fuel Inventory   xi      Alternative Technologies   xii      Disposal of Electrometallurgical Effluent Streams   xiii      Effect of Broader DOE-Wide Issues on Planning for Electrometallurgical R&D   xiii      Findings, Conclusions, and Recommendations   xiv  1   INTRODUCTION   1      Committee Task   1      Committee Activities   2      Interim Report   3  2   ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY'S ELECTROMETALLURGICAL TECHNOLOGY   5      Description   5      Head-End Treatment   5      Electrorefining   7      Treatment of Electrorefining Effluents   10      Present Status and Future Plans   11      Head-End Treatment   11      Electrorefining   12      Treatment of Electrorefining Effluents   12  3   THE DOE SPENT FUEL INVENTORY   13      Categorizations of Spent Nuclear Fuel   14      Historical Grouping   14      INEL Grouping   14      EIS Grouping   15      Treatment-Oriented Grouping   16      Treatment, Storage, and Disposition of Spent Nuclear Fuel   16      Possible Candidate Fuels for Electrometallurgical Processing   18      Alternative Technologies for Treating DOE Spent Nuclear Fuel   19      Direct Disposal   19      Purex   19

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AN ASSESSMENT OF CONTINUED R&D INTO AN ELECTROMETALLURGICAL APPROACH FOR TREATING DOE SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL  4   DISPOSAL OF ELECTROMETALLURGICAL EFFLUENT STREAMS   23      Uranium Metal Fraction   23      TRU Metal Fraction   24      Zeolite Waste Form   25      Cladding-Metal Waste Form   25  5   EFFECT OF BROADER DOE-WIDE ISSUES ON PLANNING FOR ELECTROMETALLURGICAL R&D   27      Need for a Broad Comprehensive Strategy   27      Need for Definition of Products and Technology Use   28      Schedule Considerations for Disposal of N-Reactor Fuel   29      Waste Form Qualification Considerations for the Electrometallurgical Process   30      Proliferation Resistance Considerations   30      Influences of the EBR-II Demonstration on Electrometallurgical Process Development   31      Technology Development for DOE Spent Nuclear Fuel   31  6   FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS   33      Criteria for Successful Process Demonstration During the Treatment of EBR-II SNF   34      Advantages and Disadvantages of the Electrometallurgical Process   36      Advantages   37      Disdvantages   37      Conclusions and Overall Recommendation   38     APPENDIXES       A Interim Report   41     B Committee Meetings   55     C Abbreviations Used in This Report   61