AN EVALUATION OF THE ELECTROMETALLURGICAL APPROACH FOR TREATMENT OF EXCESS WEAPONS PLUTONIUM -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Contents -- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY -- INTRODUCTION -- BACKGROUND -- CISAC Findings -- Efforts of the Fissile Materials Disposition Program -- MODIFICATIONS OF THE SPENT FUEL PROCESSING FLOW SHEET -- Plutonium Disposition Flow Sheet Option -- Modified Flow Sheet: Conclusions -- Modified Flow Sheet: Recommendations -- WASTE FORMS AND CHARACTERISTICS -- Expected Waste Forms -- Zeolite Waste Form -- Physical Characteristics -- Zeolite Column Loading -- Glass-Bonded Zeolite Production -- Waste Form Testing and Acceptability -- Cladding Metal Waste Form -- Waste Forms: Conclusions and Recommendations -- OTHER ISSUES AND CONSIDERATIONS: PROLIFERATION, TIME LINE, COST, AND POLICY -- CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 1 INTRODUCTION -- 2 BACKGROUND -- CISAC FINDINGS -- EFFORTS OF THE FISSILE MATERIALS DISPOSITION PROGRAM -- 3 MODIFICATIONS OF THE SPENT FUEL PROCESSING FLOW SHEET -- PLUTONIUM DISPOSITION FLOW SHEET OPTION -- MODIFIED FLOW SHEET: CONCLUSIONS -- MODIFIED FLOW SHEET: RECOMMENDATIONS -- 4 WASTE FORMS AND CHARACTERISTICS -- EXPECTED WASTE FORMS -- ZEOLITE WASTE FORM -- Physical Characteristics -- Zeolite Column Loading -- Glass-Bonded Zeolite Production -- Waste Form Testing and Acceptability -- CLADDING METAL WASTE FORM -- WASTE FORMS: CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- 5 OTHER ISSUES AND CONSIDERATIONS: PROLIFERATION, TIME LINE, COST, AND POLICY -- 6 CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS -- APPENDICES -- A COMMITTEE MEETINGS -- FIRST MEETING, OCTOBER 4-5, 1995 -- Wednesday, October 4 -- Thursday, October 5 -- FIRST MEETING, OCTOBER 4-5, 1995 -- Executive Session (Oct. 4) -- Open Session (Oct. 4) -- Executive Session (Oct. 5) -- SECOND MEETING, DECEMBER 4-5, 1995 -- Monday, December 4 -- Tuesday, December 5.

SECOND MEETING, DECEMBER 4-5, 1995 -- Executive Session (Dec. 4) -- Open Session -- Open Session (Dec. 5) -- Executive Session -- B ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS SUBMITTED ON NOVEMBER 3, 1995, BY THE COMMITTEE -- Plutonium Disposition -- Waste Forms -- EBR-II Shutdown and R&D Program -- Literature -- The following references were provided: -- C ARGONNE NATIONAL LABORATORY RESPONSES TO QUESTIONS SUBMITTED ON DECEMBER 4, 1995, BY THE COMMITTEE -- D THE ANL ELECTROREFINER -- E ABBREVIATIONS USED IN THIS REPORT.