An Assessment of Continued R & D into an Electrometallurgical Approach for Treating DOE Spent Nuclear Fuel (1995) / Chapter Skim
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5 EFFECT OF BROADER DOE-WIDE ISSUES ON PLANNING FOR ELECTROMETALLURGICAL R&D
5 EFFECT OF BROADER DOE-WIDE ISSUES ON PLANNING FOR ELECTROMETALLURGICAL R&D
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Meanwhile, emerging ideas for the disposition of excess weapons fissile materials will bear on the overall strategy of managing DOE "waste." Contributions toward development of a broad comprehensive strategy include the "Defense Nuclear Facilities SafeW Board Recommendation 94-1 Implementation Plan,"i several key environmental impact statements currently in preparation,2 He "DOE Spent Nuclear Fuel Program Strategic P] aIl,"3 alla He Performannce Assessment of the Direct Disposal in Unsaturates!
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Development of this multitiered collection of interrelated strategic plans is of utmost importance and is indispensable for DOE's effective management of SNF, high-level and hansuranic wastes, and excess enriched uranium and transuranic materials. ~4~ ~ By: ~_ 1 ~ _ _: _ _ ~ 1 ~1_ _ _ 1 7 ~· NEED FOR DEFINITION OF PRODUCTS AND TECHNOLOGY USE Before the DOE makes a final decision about widespread implementation of the ANE elec~ometallurgical technology for heating DOE SNF, it is essential that the DOE determine how the electrometallurgical technology and other treatment technologies fit into its overall strategy for disposal of SNF and the closely related strategy for management of high-level and transuranic wastes.
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Otherwise it is not known whether it would be necessary to produce highly purified uranium or plutonium as is possible with alternatives such as Purex. The cost-effectiveness of Purex and other alternative processes might be improved if the goal were production of waste forms that contain only partially separated uranium, plutonium, fission products, and transuranic elements originally present in the SNF, as is the case with the electrometallurgical process.
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The committee believes, therefore, that proliferation aspects of the electrometallurgical process and its processing alternatives are not a determining factor for differentiating among these processes. The electrometallurgical process could be operated to produce a relatively poor separation of spent fuel into fission products, actinides including plutonium, and uranium.
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TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT FOR DOE SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL The DOE Implementation Plan developed In response to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safer Board Recommendation 94- ! states Mat a research committee, to have been established by March ~ 5, 1995, would be responsible to the DOE nuclear materials stabilization task group.
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responsibilities would include developing an R&D plan to address the short- and long-term needs for the nuclear materials stabilization task group that integrates efforts carried out within a large number of DOE organizations. The DOE should critically evaluate Trough that research committee the need for the electrometallurgical process and alternative processes for converting SNF and other nuclear materials to fonns suitable for disposal.
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