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Hot Isostatic Press (Hip) Vitrification of Radwaste Concretes

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 February 2011

Darryl D. Siemer ,
Barry E. Scheetz  and
Mary Lou Gougar
Darryl D. Siemer
Affiliation:
Lockheed Idaho Technologies Company, P. O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-5213
Barry E. Scheetz
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, College Park, PA 16802
Mary Lou Gougar
Affiliation:
Materials Research Laboratory, Pennsylvania State University, College Park, PA 16802
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Abstract

Properly prepared cementitious waste forms can be hot-isostatically-pressed into materials that exhibit performance equivalent to typical radwaste-type glasses. The HIPing conditions (temperature/pressure) required to “vitrify” these concretes are quite mild and therefore consistent with both safety and good productivity. This paper describes both the process and its products with reference to potential application to Idaho Chemical Processing Plant (ICPP) reprocessing wastes.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 412: Symposium V – Scientific Basis for Nuclear Waste Management XIX , 1995 , 403
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 1996

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