Wastewater Triad Project: Solid-Liquid Separator FY 2000 Deployment

Walker, J.F.

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

关键词: Evaporators;    Removal;    Radioactive Waste Processing;    12 Management Of Radioactive Wastes, And Non-Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities;    Liquid Wastes;   

DOI  :  10.2172/777682
RP-ID  :  ORNL/TM-2000/186
RP-ID  :  AC05-96OR22464
RP-ID  :  777682

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

The Wastewater Triad Project (WTP) consists of three operational units: the cesium removal (CsR) system, the out-of-tank evaporator (OTE) system, and the solid/liquid separation (SLS) system. These systems were designed to reduce the volume and radioactivity of low-level liquid waste (LLLW) stored in the Melton Valley Storage Tanks (MVSTs) and are operated independently or in series in order to accomplish the treatment goals. Each is a modular, skid-mounted system that is self-contained, individually shielded, and designed to be decontaminated and removed once the project has been completed. The CsR and OTE systems are installed inside Building 7877; the SLS system is installed adjacent to the east side of the MVST 7830 vault cover. The CsR, which consists of ion-exchange equipment for removing {sup 137}Cs from LLLW, was demonstrated in 1997. During the Cesium Removal Demonstration, 30,853 gal of radioactive supernate was processed and 1142 Ci of {sup 137}Cs was removed from the supernate and loaded onto 70 gal of a crystalline silicotitanate sorbent manufactured by UOP, Inc. The OTE system is a subatmospheric single-stage evaporator system designed to concentrate LLLW to smaller volumes. It was previously demonstrated in 1996 and was operated in 1998 to process about 80,000 gal of LLLW. The SLS system was designed to filter and remove suspended solids from LLLW in order to minimize further accumulation of sludge in new storage tanks or to prevent fouling of CsR and OTE systems. The SLS was installed and demonstrated in 1999; {approximately}45,000 gal of radioactive supernate was processed during the demonstration.