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Author
Reed, P. R.
Title
Proceedings of the Workshop on Cement Stabilization of Low-Level Radioactive Waste. Held at Gaithersburg, Maryland on May 31-June 2, 1989.
Coporate
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
Sponsor
Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Washington, DC
Report
NISTIR 89-4178; NUREG/CP-0103, October 1989, 224 p.
Distribution
Available from National Technical Information Service
Keywords
meetings; cements; solidification; stabilization; leaching; thermal cycling tests; biodeterioration; structural forms; curing
Identifiers
low-level radioactive wastes
Abstract
The workshop on Cement Stabilization of Low-Level Radioactive Waste was co-sponsored by the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and National Institute of Standards and Technology and held in Gaithersburg, Maryland on May 31-June 2, 1989. The workshop provided a forum for exchanging information on the solidification and stabilization of low-level radioactive waste in cement among federal and state regulators, nuclear power station operators, cement vendors, national laboratory researchers and consultants. The workshop was structured into a 'Plenary' and four 'Working Group' sessions. Each working group session discussed specific issues: Lessons learned from small- and full-scale waste forms and observations at nuclear power stations; Laboratory test experience and application to problem waste streams; Stabilized waste form testing guidance; and Waste characterization, solidification, and process control programs.