Waste Forms Technology and Performance : Final Report

by National Academy of Sciences

• ISBN13: 9780309187336
• ISBN10: 0309187338
• eBook ISBN(s): 9780309224970
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2011-12-31
• Publisher: Natl Academy Pr
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Summary

The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) is responsible for cleaning up radioactive waste and environmental contamination resulting from five decades of nuclear weapons production and testing. A major focus of this program involves the retrieval, processing, and immobilization of waste into stable, solid waste forms for disposal. Waste Forms Technology and Performance, a report requested by DOE-EM, examines requirements for waste form technology and performance in the cleanup program. The report provides information to DOE-EM to support improvements in methods for processing waste and selecting and fabricating waste forms. W aste Forms Technology and Performanceplaces particular emphasis on processing technologies for high-level radioactive waste, DOE's most expensive and arguably most difficult cleanup challenge. The report's key messages are presented in ten findings and one recommendation.