Environmental Issues and Waste Management Technologies in the Ceramic and Nuclear Industries IX

by Vienna, John D.; Spearing, Dane R.

• ISBN13: 9781574982091
• ISBN10: 1574982095
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-01-03
• Publisher: Wiley-American Ceramic Society

Summary

In today's world of increasingly stringent environmental regulations, it is critical to identify and adequately address environmental issues in the ceramic industry to ensure success. In addition, ceramics and glasses play a critical role in the nuclear industry. Nuclear fuels and waste forms for low-level and high-level radioactive, mixed, and hazardous wastes are primarily either ceramic of glass. Effective and responsible environmental stewardship is becoming increasingly more important in the world. These proceedings detail the results of the ongoing effort in these areas.

Author Biography

John D. Vienna is the editor of Environmental Issues and Waste Management Technologies in the Ceramic and Nuclear Industries IX, published by Wiley.

Dane R. Spearing is the editor of Environmental Issues and Waste Management Technologies in the Ceramic and Nuclear Industries IX, published by Wiley.

Table of Contents

Preface	xi
Ceramics for Waste or Nuclear Applications
Uranium Valences in Perovskite, CaTiO3	3	(8)
E.R. Vance
M.L. Carter
Z. Zhang
K.S. Finnie
S.J. Thomson
B.D. Begg
Iron-Substituted Barium Hollandite Ceramics for Cesium Immobilization	11	(10)
F. Bart
G. Leturcq
H. Rabiller
Hollandite-Rich Titanate Ceramics Prepared by Melting in Air	21	(10)
M.L. Carter
E.R. Vince
H. Li
Hyperfine Interaction Study of Short Range Order in Zircon	31	(10)
H. Jaeger
K. Pletzke
J.M. Hanchar
Scale-Up of Lithium Aluminate Pellet Manufacturing with a Flowable Powder	41	(16)
G. Hollenberg
L. Bagaassen
R. Kurosky
D. Tonn
W. Carty
Melter Processing and Process Monitoring
Laboratory Measurement of Glass Melting Rate	57	(12)
D.F. Bickford
Analysis of Feed Melting Processes	69	(10)
J. Matyas
P. Hrma
D.-S. Kim
Electron Equivalents Redox Model for High Level Waste Vitrification	79	(14)
C.M. Jantzen
D.C. Koopman
C.C. Herman
J.B. Pickett
J.R. Zamecnik
Sulfate Retention During Waste Glass Melting	93	(8)
P. Hrma
J.D. Vienna
W.C. Buchmiller
J.S. Ricklefs
The Characterization and Dissolution of High Level Waste Calcine in Alkali Borosilicate Glass	101	(10)
S. Morgan
P.B. Rose
R.J. Hand
N.C. Hyatt
W.E. Lee
C.R. Scales
Summary of Results from 786-A Minimelter Run with Marcobatch 3 (Sludge Batch 2) Baseline Feed Using Frit 320	111	(10)
M.E. Smith
D.H. Miller
Numerical Models of Waste Glass Melters Part I--Lumped Parameter Analyses of DWPF	121	(10)
H.N. Guerrero
D.F. Bickford
Numerical Models of Waste Glass Melters Part II -- Computational Modeling of DWPF	131	(12)
H.N. Guerrero
D.F. Bickford
H. Naseri-Neshat
Tailored Electrical Driving as a Means of Controlling Heat Distribution and Convection Patterns in Joule-Heated Waste Glass Melters	143	(6)
J.A. Fort
D.L. Lessor
Effects of Poly(Acrylic Acid) on the Rheological Properties of Aqueous Melter Feed Slurries for Nuclear Waste Vitrification	149	(10)
H. Zhao
I.S. Muller
I.L. Pegg
Frequency Modulated Continuous Wave Monitoring of Refractory Walls	159	(8)
B. Varghese
R. Zoughi
C. DeConink
M. Velez
R. Moore
Combustion Control Experimentations at a Pilot Scale Glass Furnace	167	(12)
S. Keyvan
R.A. Rossow
M. Velez
W.L. Headrick
R.E. Moore
C. Romero
Waste Vitrification Programs
Completion of the Vitrification Campaign at the West Valley Demonstration Project	179	(18)
R.A. Palmer
H.M. Houston
A.J. Misercola
Review of the French Vitrification Program	197	(20)
R. Do Quang
P. Mougnard
C. Ladirat
A. Prod'homme
Examination of DWPF Melter Materials After 8 Years of Service	217	(10)
D.C. Iverson
K.J. Imrich
D.F. Bickford
J.T. Gee
C.F. Jenkins
F.M. Heckendorn
Testing to Demonstrate Regulatory Compliance of Glass Waste Forms for Immobilization of Radioactive Wastes at the Hanford Site	227	(12)
D.B. Blumenkranz
S. Kelly
D.J. Swanberg
C.A. Musick
Cold Crucible Induction-Heated Melter Test Results with Surrogate DOE High-Level Wastes	239	(10)
C.C. Herman
D.F. Bickford
D.K. Peeler
R. Goles
J.D. Vienna
A. Aloy
S. Stefanovsky
D. Gombert
J. Richardson
Crucible-Scale Vitrification Studies with Hanford Tank AZ-102 High Sulfate-Containing Low Activity Waste	249	(12)
C.L. Crawford
R.F. Schumacher
D.M. Ferrara
N.E. Bibler
Glass Formulation and Property Models
Preliminary Glass Development and Testing for In-Container Vitrification of Hanford Low-Activity Waste	261	(8)
J.D. Vienna
D.-S. Kim
M.J. Schweiger
P. Hrma
J. Matyas
J.V. Crum
D.E. Smith
Evaluation of Melt Rate Through Higher Waste Loading	269	(10)
T.H. Lorier
P.S. McGrier
Spinel Crystallization in HLW Glass Melts: Cation Exchange Systematics and the Role of Rh2O3 in Spinel Formation	279	(10)
S. Annamalai
H. Gan
M. Chaudhuri
W.K. Kot
I.L. Pegg
Composition Effects on the Vapor Hydration of Waste Glasses	289	(8)
A.C. Buechele
F. Lofaj
I.S. Muller
C.T.F. Mooers
I.L. Pegg
Glass Composition-TCLP Response Model for Waste Glasses	297	(12)
D.-S. Kim
J.D. Vienna
Alternate Waste Forms and Processes
Iron Phosphate Glass for Immobilization of Hanford LAW	309	(10)
C.W. Kim
D. Zhu
D.E. Day
D.-S. Kim
J.D. Vienna
D.K. Peeler
T.E. Day
T. Neidt
Characterization and Performance of Fluidized Bed Steam Reforming (FBSR) Product as a Final Waste Form	319	(12)
C.M. Jantzen
Microstructure of Emulsion-Based Polymeric Waste Forms for Encapsulating Low-Level, Radioactive and Toxic Metal Wastes	331	(10)
R. Evans
A. Quach
G. Xia
B.J. Zelinski
W.P. Ela
D.P. Birnie III
A.E. Saez
H.D. Smith
G.L. Smith
Leach Resistance of Encapsulated Salts in Polymeric Waste Forms Fabricated Using an Aqueous-Based Route	341	(10)
A. Quach
G. Xia
R. Evans
A.E. Saez
B.J. Zelinski
H. Smith
G. Smith
D.P. Birnie III
W.P. Ela
Thermal Processing Optimization for Simulated Hanford Waste Glass (AZ 101)	351	(10)
A. Giordana
W.G. Ramsey
T.F. Meaker
B. Kauffman
M. McCarthy
K. Guilbeau
J.D. Smith
F.S. Miller
T. Sanders
E.W. Bohannan
J. Powell
M. Reich
J. Jordan
L. Ventre
R.E. Barletta
A.A. Ramsey
G. Maise
B. Manowitz
M. Steinberg
F. Salzano
Aging Behavior of a Sodalite Based Ceramic Waste Form	361	(10)
J.F. Jue
S.M. Frank
T.P. O'Holleran
T.L. Barber
S.G. Johnson
K.M. Goff
W. Sinkler
Process for Selective Removal and Concentration of Actinides and Heavy Metals from Water	371	(10)
B.P. Kiran
A.W. Apblett
Index	381