Ferrocyanide safety project: Task 3. 5 cyanide species analytical methods development
This report summarizes the results of studies conducted in FY 1992 to develop methods for the identification and quantification of cyanide species in ferrocyanide tank waste. Currently there are 24 high-level waste storage tanks at the Hanford Site that have been placed on a Ferrocyanide Tank Watchlist because they contain an estimated 1,000 g-moles or greater amount of precipitated ferrocyanide. This amount of ferrocyanide is of concern because the consequences of a potential explosion may exceed those reported previously in safety analyses. The threshold concentration of total cyanide within the tank waste matrix that is expected to be a safety concern is estimated at approximately 1 to 3 wt%. Methods for detection and speciation of ferrocyanide complexes in actual waste are needed to definitively measure and quantitate the amount of ferrocyanides present within actual waste tanks to a lower limit of at least 0.1 wt% in order to bound the safety concern.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 6850842
- Report Number(s):
- PNL-8399; ON: DE93007231; TRN: 93-009643
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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37 INORGANIC
ORGANIC
PHYSICAL AND ANALYTICAL CHEMISTRY
FERROCYANIDES
CHEMICAL ANALYSIS
HANFORD RESERVATION
TANKS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
CHROMATOGRAPHY
CYANIDES
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EXPLOSIONS
FLAMMABILITY
PROGRESS REPORT
SAFETY
SPECTROSCOPY
WASTE FORMS
X-RAY DIFFRACTION
COHERENT SCATTERING
COMBUSTION PROPERTIES
COMPLEXES
CONTAINERS
DIFFRACTION
DOCUMENT TYPES
IRON COMPLEXES
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SCATTERING
SEPARATION PROCESSES
TRANSITION ELEMENT COMPLEXES
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES
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400102 - Chemical & Spectral Procedures