Vacuum Drying of Actual Transuranic Waste from Hanford Tanks

Tingey, Joel M.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Sludges;    Alpha-Bearing Wastes;    12 Management Of Radioactive Wastes, And Non-Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities;    Drying;    Radioactive Waste Processing;   

DOI  :  10.2172/15010634
RP-ID  :  PNNL-14670
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  15010634

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Composites of sludge from Tanks 241-B-203, 241-T-203, 241 T 204, and 241-T-110 at the Hanford Site were prepared at the Hanford 222-S Laboratory from core samples retrieved from these tanks. These tank composites may not be representative of the entire contents of the tank but provide some indication of the properties of the waste within these underground storage tanks. The composite samples were diluted with water at the Radiochemical Processing Laboratory at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory to represent the slurries that are expected to be received from tank retrieval operations and processed to produce a final waste stream. The dilutions were vacuum dried at 60 C and 26 in. of mercury ({approx} 100 torr). Semi-quantitative measurements of stickiness and cohesive strength were made on these dilutions as a function of drying time. Mass loss as a function of drying time and total solids concentration of the initial dilution and at the conclusion of drying were also measured. Visual observations of the sludge were recorded throughout the drying process.