Waste treatment at the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
At the Radiochemical Engineering Development Center (REDC) irradiated targets are processed for the recovery of valuable radioisotopes, principally transuranic nuclides. We are in the process of installing a system for treating the various liquid wastes as they are generated at the REDC. Radionuclides removed are stored as solids and thus the future discharge of radionuclides to low-level liquid waste tank storage is greatly reduced. The treatment system is of modular design and will be installed in a hot cell (Cubicle 7) in Building 7920 at the REDC facility. The module incorporates the following; (1) a resorcinol-formaldehyde resin column, (2) a cross flow filtration unit and (3) a waste solidification unit. Process flowsheets for operation of the module and the supporting data for the flowsheets are discussed.
- OSTI ID:
- 370569
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960376-; TRN: 96:003805-0625
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Spring national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), New Orleans, LA (United States), 24-28 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 211th ACS national meeting; PB: 2284 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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