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Title: Ferrocyanide safety program: FY 1995 report on Mossbauer spectroscopy tank activities

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/409839· OSTI ID:409839

This report summarizes FY 1995 activities on the Mossbauer Spectroscopy task. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration has developed a miniaturized Mossbauer spectrometer that is small enough to perform elevation scans in the Hanford Site waste tank liquid observation wells. Mossbauer spectroscopy is a sensitive and selective method that can detect and distinguish between different iron-based compounds in many types of chemical environments. Iron is major constituent of ferrocyanide waste and information about its location and composition in the tanks supports interim safe storage of the waste and final resolution of the Ferrocyanide Safety Issue. Results obtained from studies of ferrocyanide waste simulants and those from the first test in a hot cell environment using radioactive tank waste are presented

Research Organization:
Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-87RL10930
OSTI ID:
409839
Report Number(s):
WHC-SD-WM-RPT-195; ON: DE97051000; TRN: 97:009693
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: 2 Oct 1995
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English