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Title: Bench-scale treatability studies for simulated incinerator scrubber blowdown containing radioactive cesium and strontium

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/10115201· OSTI ID:10115201
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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
  2. Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Chemical Engineering

The purpose of this report is to document the results of bench-scale testing completed to remove {sup 137}Cs and {sup 90}Sr from the Oak Ridge K-25 Site Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Incinerator blowdown at the K-25 Site Central Neutralization Facility, a wastewater treatment facility designed to remove heavy metals and uranium from various wastewaters. The report presents results of bench-scale testing using chabazite and clinoptilolite zeolites to remove cesium and strontium; using potassium cobalt ferrocyanide (KCCF) to remove cesium; and using strontium chloride coprecipitation, sodium phosphate coprecipitation, and calcium sulfate coprecipitation to remove strontium. Low-range, average-range, and high-range concentration blowdown surrogates were used to complete the bench-scale testing.

Research Organization:
Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
10115201
Report Number(s):
ORNL/TM-12823; ON: DE95005997; TRN: AHC29507%%83
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1994
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English