The U.S. production of plutonium was stopped in 1986, but the stabilization of stored plutonium continues to be a problem for the U.S. and for Russia.  It was agreed at the 6th JCCEM meeting to collaborate in the area of transuranic stabilization as a way to join efforts in developing the most effective technologies for the task.  A workshop was held in August 1996 where representatives from major U.S. sites met with technology development specialists from key Russian institutes to share experiences with solid residues from plutonium processing.  The result of the initial meeting and subsequent discussions was the initiation of three projects in 1997.

Points of Contact:

Kenny Osborne Program Manager DOE - ID Phone: 208-526-0805 Fax: 208-526-5964 Email: osbornkk@id.doe.gov

These years link to the corresponding projects conducted by the JCCEM at that time: 2002| 2001| 2000| 1999 | 1998 | 1997 NOTE: Some of the referenced documents are in Adobe Acrobat format.  If needed, you may download the free viewer using the linked image in the left side bar.

2 0 0 2 Project Title Principal Investigator/Institute Statement of Work Porous Crystalline Matrix for Stabilizing Actinide Solutions V. Starchenko/DC IIE "Daymos, Ltd.", A. Aloy / Khlopin Radium Institute, A. Anshits/Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology (ICCT, Krasnoyarsk), and K. Kudinov/Mining Chemical Combine 181K PDF   2 0 0 1 Project Title Principal Investigator/Institute Statement of Work Porous Crystalline Matrix for Stabilizing Actinide Solutions A. Aloy / Khlopin Radium Institute, A. Anshits/Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology (ICCT, Krasnoyarsk), and A. Tretyakov/Mining Chemical Combine 134K PDF   2 0 0 0 Project Title Principal Investigator/Institute Statement of Work Porous Crystalline Matrix for Stabilizing Actinide Solutions A. Aloy / Khlopin Radium Institute, A. Anshits/Institute of Chemistry and Chemical Technology (ICCT, Krasnoyarsk), and A. Tretyakov/Mining Chemical Combine 131K PDF   1 9 9 9 Project Title Principal Investigator/Institute Statement of Work Innovative High-Frequency (HF) Plasma Conversion of Plutonium Residue Solutions to Solids V. Starchenko / Khlopin Radium Institute N/A Evaluation of Applicability of Chemically-Bonded Iron Phosphate Matrices to Other Plutonium Residue Streams A. Aloy / Khlopin Radium Institute and Mining Chemical Combine N/A Development of Porous Crystalline Matrix for Savannah River Americium/Curium Tank Components (GUBKA sponge technology) A. Aloy / Khlopin Radium Institute and Mining Chemical Combine N/A   1 9 9 8 Project Title Principal Investigator/Institute Statement of Work Plasma Chemical Processing of Depleted UF6 A.V. Ivanov / Platech Corporation N/A Synthesis and Thermodynamics of Super-Stable Crystalline Matrices for Stabilization and Immobilization of Plutonium -Bearing Waste E. Anderson / Khlopin Radium Institute and B. Shakhamatikin / ISC N/A Plutonium Immobilization in Silica Gel E. Filippov and A. Nardova / Institute of Chemical Technology N/A   1 9 9 7 Project Title Principal Investigator/Institute Statement of Work Plutonium Immobilization in Silica Gel from Liquid Waste by means of High-Temperature Adsorption A. Nardova / Institute of Chemical Technology and Mayak Production Association N/A Synthesis and Thermodynamics of Super-Stable Crystalline Matrices for Stabilization and Immobilization of Plutonium-Bearing Waste E. Anderson / Khlopin Radium Institute and Institute of Silicate Chemistry N/A Determination of Radiolytic Gas Generation in Chemically-Bonded Iron Phosphate Matrices Formed by Cold Ceramic Immobilization of Transuranic Ash Residue Wastes A. Aloy / Khlopin Radium Institute N/A

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