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Title: Polymer solidification of mixed wastes at the Rocky Flats Plant

Abstract

The Rocky Flats Plant is pursuing polymer solidification as a viable treatment option for several mixed waste streams that are subject to land disposal restrictions within the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act provisions. Tests completed to date using both surrogate and actual wastes indicate that polyethylene microencapsulation is a viable treatment option for several mixed wastes at the Rocky Flats Plant, including nitrate salts, sludges, and secondary wastes such as ash. Treatability studies conducted on actual salt waste demonstrated that the process is capable of producing waste forms that comply with all applicable regulatory criteria, including the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure. Tests have also been conducted to evaluate the feasibility of macroencapsulating certain debris wastes in polymers. Several methods and plastics have been tested for macroencapsulation, including post-consumer recycle and regrind polyethylene.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
EG and G Rocky Flats, Inc., Golden, CO (United States). Rocky Flats Plant
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
10121467
Report Number(s):
RFP-4807; CONF-940225-15
ON: DE94006473
DOE Contract Number:  
AC34-90DP62349
Resource Type:
Conference
Resource Relation:
Conference: Waste management `94: working towards a cleaner environment,Tucson, AZ (United States),27 Feb - 3 Mar 1994; Other Information: PBD: [1994]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS; 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; ROCKY FLATS PLANT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES; SOLIDIFICATION; ENCAPSULATION; WASTE FORMS; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; POLYMERS; NITRATES; LEACHING; EXTRUSION; WASTE DISPOSAL; 052001; 052002; 054000; 540000; WASTE DISPOSAL AND STORAGE; HEALTH AND SAFETY; ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Citation Formats

Faucette, A M, Logsdon, B W, Lucerna, J J, and Yudnich, R J. Polymer solidification of mixed wastes at the Rocky Flats Plant. United States: N. p., 1994. Web.
Faucette, A M, Logsdon, B W, Lucerna, J J, & Yudnich, R J. Polymer solidification of mixed wastes at the Rocky Flats Plant. United States.
Faucette, A M, Logsdon, B W, Lucerna, J J, and Yudnich, R J. 1994. "Polymer solidification of mixed wastes at the Rocky Flats Plant". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/10121467.
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abstractNote = {The Rocky Flats Plant is pursuing polymer solidification as a viable treatment option for several mixed waste streams that are subject to land disposal restrictions within the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act provisions. Tests completed to date using both surrogate and actual wastes indicate that polyethylene microencapsulation is a viable treatment option for several mixed wastes at the Rocky Flats Plant, including nitrate salts, sludges, and secondary wastes such as ash. Treatability studies conducted on actual salt waste demonstrated that the process is capable of producing waste forms that comply with all applicable regulatory criteria, including the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure. Tests have also been conducted to evaluate the feasibility of macroencapsulating certain debris wastes in polymers. Several methods and plastics have been tested for macroencapsulation, including post-consumer recycle and regrind polyethylene.},
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