An Evaluation of the Electrometallurgical Approach for Treatment of Excess Weapons Plutonium (1996) / Chapter Skim
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6 Conclusions and Recommendations
6 Conclusions and Recommendations
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Although ANL has demonstrated an initial program in evaluating zeolite loading, considerable work remains to demonstrate this step in a large-scale, continuous operation with fully radioactive loadings on zeolite columns. Introduction of WPu in the electrometallurgical process increases significantly the demands on the technology to meet the performance requirement for waste forms relative to the use of the waste forms for ultimate disposal of fission products from SNF processing.
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Conclusions and Recommendations selected for use with weapons pits before the electrometallurgical technology demonstration program is concluded, this committee recommends that the electrometallurgical technique not be included as a candidate technology. The potential of the electrometallurgical technique as an adjunct for long-term disposition of non-pit excess plutonium remains a possibility, but the technology is still at too early a stage of development to be evaluated relative to disposition alternatives such as glass or MOX.
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