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Suggested Citation:"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2000. Alternatives for High-Level Waste Salt Processing at the Savannah River Site. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9959.
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Appendix G

Acronyms and Abbreviations

ANL

Argonne National Laboratory

CST

crystalline silicotitanate

CsTPB

cesium tetraphenylborate

DF

decontamination factor

DNFSB

Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board

DOE

United States Department of Energy

DWPF

Defense Waste Processing Facility

EM

DOE Office of Environmental Management

HLW

high-level waste

ITP

in-tank precipitation

IPET

Independent Project Evaluation Team

KTPB

potassium tetraphenylborate

MST

monosodium titanate

NaTPB

sodium tetraphenylborate

NRC

National Research Council

OST

Office of Science and Technology

ORNL

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

PCMP

Process Chemistry and Mechanisms Panel

PHP

Precipitate Hydrolysis Process

RD&D

research, development, and demonstration

R&D

research and development

SCDHEC

South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control

SNT

sodium nonatitanate

SRS

Savannah River Site

SRTC

Savannah River Technology Center

TPB

tetraphenylborate ion [B(C6H5)4]

TRU

transuranic

USNRC

United States Nuclear Regulatory Commission

WSRC

Westinghouse Savannah River Company

Suggested Citation:"Appendix G: Acronyms and Abbreviations." National Research Council. 2000. Alternatives for High-Level Waste Salt Processing at the Savannah River Site. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9959.
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The Second World War introduced the world to nuclear weapons and their consequences. Behind the scene of these nuclear weapons and an aspect of their consequences is radioactive waste. Radioactive waste has varying degrees of harmfulness and poses a problem when it comes to storage and disposal. Radioactive waste is usually kept below ground in varying containers, which depend on how radioactive the waste it. High-level radioactive waste (HLW) can be stored in underground carbon-steel tanks. However, radioactive waste must also be further immobilized to ensure our safety.

There are several sites in the United States where high-level radioactive waste (HLW) are stored; including the Savannah River Site (SRS), established in 1950 to produce plutonium and tritium isotopes for defense purposes. In order to further immobilize the radioactive waste at this site an in-tank precipitation (ITP) process is utilized. Through this method, the sludge portion of the tank wastes is being removed and immobilized in borosilicate glass for eventual disposal in a geological repository. As a result, a highly alkaline salt, present in both liquid and solid forms, is produced. The salt contains cesium, strontium, actinides such as plutonium and neptunium, and other radionuclides. But is this the best method?

The National Research Council (NRC) has empanelled a committee, at the request of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), to provide an independent technical review of alternatives to the discontinued in-tank precipitation (ITP) process for treating the HLW stored in tanks at the SRS. Alternatives for High-Level Waste Salt Processing at the Savannah RIver Site summarizes the finding of the committee which sought to answer 4 questions including: "Was an appropriately comprehensive set of cesium partitioning alternatives identified and are there other alternatives that should be explored?" and "Are there significant barriers to the implementation of any of the preferred alternatives, taking into account their state of development and their ability to be integrated into the existing SRS HLW system?"

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