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Title: Ferrocyanide safety program: Final report on adiabatic calorimetry and tube propagation tests with synthetic ferrocyanide materials

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/274195· OSTI ID:274195
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Fauske and Associates, Inc. (United States)
  2. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)

Based on Fauske and Associates, Inc. Reactive System Screening Tool tests, the onset or initiation temperature for a ferrocyanide-nitrate propagating reaction is about 250 degrees Celcius. This is at about 200 degrees Celcius higher than current waste temperatures in the highest temperature ferrocyanide tanks. Furthermore, for current ambient waste temperatures, the tube propagation tests show that a ferrocyanide concentration of 15.5 wt% or more is required to sustain a propagation reaction in the complete absence of free water. Ignoring the presence of free water, this finding rules out propagating reactions for all the Hanford flowsheet materials with the exception of the ferrocyanide waste produced by the original In Farm flowsheet

Research Organization:
Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-87RL10930
OSTI ID:
274195
Report Number(s):
WHC-SD-WM-ER-519; ON: DE96050203; TRN: 96:021066
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 29 Sep 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English