The tailored integration of waste form design and
process technology to suit the unique characteristics of
the waste stream achieves maximum benefits via:
- Maximum
waste loadings, which minimizes the number of
disposal canisters for the waste repository
- Optimal
chemical durability
- Reduction
or elimination of off-gas emissions
- Increased
processing flexibility.
Significant economic savings can be realized with
reduced risk, for example:
- At
INEEL, 50% or over $2B projected cost savings for
clean up of the SBW and HLW calcines.
- At
Hanford
,
every 1% increase in waste loading saves $300
million.
Tailored waste form solutions using proven
processing technology also offer greater flexibility to
HLW cleanup campaign, especially for poorly
characterized and variable waste streams.
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