Abstract
Since 1974 the Belgian Nuclear Study Center (SCK/CEN) at Mol, with the support of the European Communities, has developed an 'integral' system for the treatment and the conditioning of radioactive contaminated wastes. The system converts directly, at high temperature mixtures of combustibles (paper, plastics, rubber etc. . . ) and non-combustibles (metals, soil, sludge, concrete. . . ) contaminated with transuranium elements as well as beta-gamma emitting isotopes, into a chemically inert and physically stable slag. More than 4000 hours of successful operation, with wide variety of simulated waste composition as well as real waste, have confirmed the safe operability of the high temperature slagging incinerator and the connected installations.
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | No source title available |
| Publisher | American Nuclear Society |
| Pages | 538-548 |
| Number of pages | 11 |
| ISBN (Print) | 0894481185 |
| State | Published - 1984 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Engineering