Waste Forms Technology and Performance
Waste Forms Technology and Performance

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 2011-09-05

Total Pages: 308

ISBN-13: 0309187338

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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. Waste Forms Technology and Performance places 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.

Investigation of Test Methods for Solidified Waste Evaluation
Investigation of Test Methods for Solidified Waste Evaluation

Author: J. A. Stegemann

Publisher:

Published: 1991

Total Pages: 140

ISBN-13:

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A study was undertaken by Environment Canada, in conjunction with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Alberta Environment and 15 industrial participants involved in developing or marketing solidification technology, to develop and validate 16 laboratory test methods for evaluating the physical and chemical properties of solidified wastes. Environment Canada and the US EPA provided the 15 industrial participants with 5 untreated hazardous wastes, which were then treated with their proprietary processes and returned as solidified products to 4 laboratories in Canada and the US for testing. Seven physical tests, 5 leaching tests, and 4 micromorphological characterization methods were applied to the solidified products.