Hanford Tanks 241-C-203 and 241 C 204: Residual Waste Contaminant Release Model and Supporting Data

Deutsch, William J. ; Krupka, Kenneth M. ; Lindberg, Michael J. ; Cantrell, Kirk J. ; Brown, Christopher F. ; Schaef, Herbert T.

Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (U.S.)

关键词: Technetium 99;    Sludges;    Waste Retrieval;    Radionuclide Migration;    Radioactive Wastes;   

DOI  :  10.2172/908201
RP-ID  :  PNNL-14903 Rev. 1
RP-ID  :  AC05-76RL01830
RP-ID  :  908201

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来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

This report was revised in May 2007 to correct 90Sr values in Chapter 3. The changes were made on page 3.9, paragraph two and Table 3.10; page 3.16, last paragraph on the page; and Tables 3.21 and 3.31. The rest of the text remains unchanged from the original report issued in October 2004. This report describes the development of release models for key contaminants that are present in residual sludge remaining after closure of Hanford Tanks 241-C-203 (C-203) and 241-C-204 (C-204). The release models were developed from data generated by laboratory characterization and testing of samples from these two tanks. Key results from this work are (1) future releases from the tanks of the primary contaminants of concern (99Tc and 238U) can be represented by relatively simple solubility relationships between infiltrating water and solid phases containing the contaminants; and (2) high percentages of technetium-99 in the sludges (20 wt% in C-203 and 75 wt% in C-204) are not readily water leachable, and, in fact, are very recalcitrant. This is similar to results found in related studies of sludges from Tank AY-102. These release models are being developed to support the tank closure risk assessments performed by CH2M HILL Hanford Group, Inc., for the U.S. Department of Energy.