Impact of the Proposed delta Gp Limits on Glass Formulation efforts: Part 1. Model-Based Assessments

摘要

The Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) has initiated studies to assess alternative durability options that may provide access to compositional regions of interest in support of the accelerated cleanup mission at the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF). One of the options being pursued is the redefinition of the durability model acceptability limits. Some of the conservative steps used in establishing the current limits without comprising the high confidence required for meeting the specification on the wasteform quality were identified and eliminated. The results led to a set of three new Property Acceptability Region (PAR) values for the preliminary glass dissolution estimator or free energy of hydration durability model which have the potential to allow access to compositional regions of interest to improve melt rate or waste throughput. Although these limits are available for implementation, there is currently no driving force to do so (i.e., the current Frit 418 - Sludge Batch 3 (SB3) system is liquidus temperature (TL) limited). In this report, glass formulations were identified with the intent of generating incentive for applying the new durability limits for SB3.