Pretreatment Status Report on the Identification and Evaluation of Alternative Processes. Milestone Report No. C064

Pretreatment Status Report on the Identification and Evaluation of Alternative Processes. Milestone Report No. C064
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Total Pages: 265
Release: 1993
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The purpose of this report is to support the development and demonstration of a pretreatment system that will (1) destroy organic materials and ferrocyanide in tank wastes so that the wastes can be stored safely, (2) separate the high-activity and low-activity fractions, (3) remove radionuclides and remove or destroy hazardous chemicals in LLW as necessary to meet waste form feed requirements, (4) support development and demonstration of vitrification technology by providing representative feeds to the bench-scale glass melter, (5) support full-scale HLW vitrification operations, including near-term operation, by providing feed that meets specifications, and (6) design and develop pretreatment processes that accomplish the above objectives and ensure compliance with environmental regulations. This report is a presentation of candidate technologies for pretreatment of Hanford Site tank waste. Included are descriptions of studies by the Pacific Northwest Laboratory of Battelle Memorial Institute; Science Applications International Corporation, an independent consultant; BNFL, Inc. representing British technologies; Numatec, representing French technologies; and brief accounts of other relevant activities.

Modeling and Validation of Hanford Low Activity Waste Evaporation

Modeling and Validation of Hanford Low Activity Waste Evaporation
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Total Pages: 5
Release: 2001
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With the advent of high-powered personal computers, process models dealing with aqueous electrolyte chemistry have become increasingly rigorous and thus found increased application in many environmental and industrial processes such as wastewater treatment, gas scrubbing, bio-separations, and corrosion, just to name a few. This study is concerned with a particular aqueous electrolyte system involving the LAW supernate currently stored in dozens of underground tanks at the Department of Energy's Hanford Site. The supernate in each waste tank is strongly alkaline and composed mainly of sodium salts of nitrate, nitrite, carbonate and sulfate, and some even contain high levels of organic complexant.