Cold crucible induction melting is globally emerging as an alternative technology for the
vitrification of high level radioactive waste. The new technology offers several advantages
such as high temperature availability with long melter life, high waste loading, high specific
capacity etc. Based on the laboratory and bench scale studies, an engineering scale cold
crucible induction melter was locally developed in India. The melter was operated
continuously to assess its performance. The electrical and thermal efficiencies were found to …