Millimeter Wave Diagnostics for Vitrification Plants

Author

Sundaram, S.K. ; Woskov, P.P. ; Daniel, W.E., Jr. ; Miller, D.H.

Author_Institution

Pacific Northwest Nat. Lab. Richland, Richland

fYear

2006

fDate

18-22 Sept. 2006

Firstpage

359

Lastpage

359

Abstract

Millimeter-wave (MMW) techniques and technologies provide robust new diagnostic tools for glass melt measurements that are addressing needs for vitrification of high level and low activity nuclear wastes in glass media at the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) in Savannah River and the Waste Treatment Plant (WTP) under construction at Hanford. Over the past seven years, we have demonstrated real-time measurement of several glass melt parameters, e.g., viscosity, cold-cap temperature, foaming, and pouring. An overview of MMW diagnostics for vitrification plants is presented.

Keywords

glass; millimetre wave measurement; radioactive waste processing; vitrification; glass melt measurements; glass melt parameters; high level activity nuclear wastes; low level activity nuclear wastes; millimeter wave diagnostics; millimeter-wave techniques; vitrification plants; Glass; Millimeter wave measurements; Millimeter wave technology; Nuclear measurements; Radioactive pollution; Rivers; Robustness; Temperature; Viscosity; Vitrification;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Infrared Millimeter Waves and 14th International Conference on Teraherz Electronics, 2006. IRMMW-THz 2006. Joint 31st International Conference on

Conference_Location

Shanghai

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0400-2

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0400-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICIMW.2006.368567

Filename

4222301