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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)

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. "CONTENTS." An Assessment of Continued R & D into an Electrometallurgical Approach for Treating DOE Spent Nuclear Fuel. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1995.

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AN ASSESSMENT OF CONTINUED R&D INTO AN ELECTROMETALLURGICAL APPROACH FOR TREATING DOE SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL

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DISPOSAL OF ELECTROMETALLURGICAL EFFLUENT STREAMS

  

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 Uranium Metal Fraction

  

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 TRU Metal Fraction

  

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 Zeolite Waste Form

  

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 Cladding-Metal Waste Form

  

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EFFECT OF BROADER DOE-WIDE ISSUES ON PLANNING FOR ELECTROMETALLURGICAL R&D

  

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 Need for a Broad Comprehensive Strategy

  

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 Need for Definition of Products and Technology Use

  

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 Schedule Considerations for Disposal of N-Reactor Fuel

  

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 Waste Form Qualification Considerations for the Electrometallurgical Process

  

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 Proliferation Resistance Considerations

  

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 Influences of the EBR-II Demonstration on Electrometallurgical Process Development

  

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 Technology Development for DOE Spent Nuclear Fuel

  

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FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS, AND RECOMMENDATIONS

  

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 Criteria for Successful Process Demonstration During the Treatment of EBR-II SNF

  

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 Advantages and Disadvantages of the Electrometallurgical Process

  

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 Advantages

  

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 Disdvantages

  

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 Conclusions and Overall Recommendation

  

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APPENDIXES

  
   

A Interim Report

  

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B Committee Meetings

  

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C Abbreviations Used in This Report

  

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