Immobilization of Rocky Flats wastes using the Inert Carrier Process
The Inert Carrier Process marketed by the Chemical Systems Division of United Technologies Corporation in Coyote, California was selected by the Rocky Flats Plant to immobilize transuranic wastes. A demonstration plant to test this application was designed in a cooperative effort between Quadrex Corporation, United Technologies Corporation, and Rockwell International. The equipment was sized so that the demonstration unit could possibly be converted to a continuous production system in the future. The demonstration plant will test the use of Freon TF as an inert carrier and cement as a binding agent. Freon was suggested as the carrier since it is nonflammable and is currently used at the Rocky Flats site as a solvent; cement was considered as the most desirable binder since it is readily available and relatively inexpensive.
- Research Organization:
- Rockwell International Corp., Golden, CO (USA). Rocky Flats Plant; Quadrex Corp., Campbell, CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP03533
- OSTI ID:
- 6725412
- Report Number(s):
- RFP-3267; CONF-820424-37; ON: DE83000689
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ANS topical meeting on treatment and handling of radioactive wastes, Richland, WA, USA, 19 Apr 1982; Other Information: Portions of document are illegible
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Waste systems. Progress report, January 1982-February 1983
Radioecology of natural systems. Fifteenth annual progress report, August 1, 1976--July 31, 1977. [Plutonium transport in terrestrial ecosystems at Rocky Flats Plant with emphasis on biological effects on mule deer and coyotes]
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