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6 Electrometallurgical Technology Demonstration Project Success Criteria
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... 5-7 and 5-8. 3National Research Council, Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment: Fall 1996 Status Report on Argonne National Laboratory's R&D Activity, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1996, p.
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... Criterion 1: Demonstration that 100 driver and up to 25 blanket experimental breeder reactor assemblies can be treated in a fuel-conditioning facility (FCF) within 3 years, with a throughput rate of 16 kg per month for driver assemblies sustained for a minimum of 3 months and a blanket throughput rate of 150 kg per month sustained for 1 monthly 4National Research Council, Electrometallurgical Techniques for DOE Spent Fuel Treatment: Status Report on Argonne National Laboratory's R&D Activity Through Spring 1997, National Academy Press, Washington, D.C., 1997, p.
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... were treated to produce the needed throughput data and to obtain the fission product buildup required to test ceramic waste form production. However, it was projected that throughput and performance goals under this criterion for the blanket fuel would be met before 25 blanket assemblies would have been treated.
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... in September 1999.ll This briefing included the release to the committee of ANL final reports on the demonstration project. Following the September 1999 briefing, the committee reviewed each of the success criteria, together with each related goal to meet the success criteria, in order to come to an overall evaluation of the electrometallurgical demonstration project.
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... The committee notes that the data for the driver fuel is more important than the data for the blanket fuel. Goal 10: The committee believes that this goal has been met.
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... Goal 5: The committee believes that this goal has been met, based on ANL's safety analysis.l3 Concerns with scale-up of the HIP process have been noted by the committee in previous reports.l4 Findings and Summary Finding: The committee finds that ANL has met all of the criteria developed for judging the success of its electrometallurgical demonstration project. Finding: The committee finds no technical barriers to the use of electrometallurgical technology to process the remainder of the EBR-II fuel.
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  • spent fuel
  • doe spent
  • success criteria
  • waste form
  • fuel treatment

  • spent nuclear
  • nuclear fuel
  • electrometallurgical techniques
  • ceramic waste
  • driver assemblies

  • project success
  • status report
  • electrometallurgical demonstration
  • metal waste
  • argonne national

  • throughput rate
  • conditioning facility
  • technical memorandum
  • treatment demonstration
  • technical barriers

  • performance criteria
  • performance characterization
  • develop ceramic
  • major process
  • environmental assessment

  • waste specifications
  • electrometallurgical treatment
  • assemblies sustained
  • form production
  • fuel conditioning


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