Investigating suspension of mst slurries in a pilot-scale waste tank

Technical Report · Mon Jan 24 00:00:00 EST 2011

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1041517· OSTI ID:1041517

Poirier, M. ^[1]; Restivo, M. ^[1]; Steeper, T. ^[1]; Williams, M. ^[1]; Qureshi, Z. ^[1]

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1. Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)

The Small Column Ion Exchange (SCIX) process is being developed to remove cesium, strontium, and actinides from Savannah River Site (SRS) Liquid Waste using an existing waste tank (i.e., Tank 41H) to house the process. Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) is conducting pilot-scale mixing tests to determine the pump requirements for suspending monosodium titanate (MST), crystalline silicotitanate (CST), and simulated sludge. The purpose of this pilot scale testing is for the pumps to suspend the MST particles so that MST can be removed from the tank. The pilot-scale tank is a 1/10.85 linear scaled model of Tank 41H. The tank diameter, tank liquid level, pump nozzle diameter, pump elevation, and cooling coil diameter are all 1/10.85 of their dimensions in Tank 41H. The pump locations correspond to the proposed locations in Tank 41H by the SCIX program (Risers B5 and B2 for two pump configurations and Risers B5, B3, and B1 for three pump configurations).

• Research Organization: Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-08SR22470
• OSTI ID: 1041517
• Report Number(s): SRNL-STI--2010-00793
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ACTINIDES
CESIUM
DIMENSIONS
ION EXCHANGE
LIQUID WASTES
NOZZLES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SLURRIES
STRONTIUM
TANKS
TESTING
TITANATES
WASTES