Hot Isostatic Pressing of Radioactive Nuclear Waste: The Calcine at INL
Anders Eklund, Regis A. Matzie
download PDFAbstract. Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIPing) is a technology that has been around for 60+ years. By using high temperature and high gas pressure, dry metal and ceramic powders can be consolidated and a volume decrease can be achieved. This paper presents the simulations of using the HIPing process at the Idaho National Laboratory to treat the calcine radioactive waste. Once loaded into collapsible canisters, the HIPing would be used to treat the waste before final disposal. The resulting volume reduction was shown to be 20-70% and the cost ratio vs vitrification is 1:1.74.
Keywords
Heat Treatment, Hot Isostatic Pressing (HIP), Radioactive Waste, Calcine, Vitrification, Immobilizing, Radioactive Isotopes, Leak-Before-Burst, Pre-Stressed Wire-Wound, Safety
Published online 2/11/2019, 7 pages
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Published under license by Materials Research Forum LLC., Millersville PA, USA
Citation: Anders Eklund, Regis A. Matzie, Hot Isostatic Pressing of Radioactive Nuclear Waste: The Calcine at INL, Materials Research Proceedings, Vol. 10, pp 11-17, 2019
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.21741/9781644900031-2
The article was published as article 2 of the book Hot Isostatic Pressing
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