Characteristics of STP Pre-2004 Archived KE Basin Sludge Samples Before and After Re-Jarring in the RPL - April 2012

Technical Report · Fri Sep 28 04:00:00 EDT 2012

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1086422· OSTI ID:1086422

Sinkov, Sergey I. ^[1]; Delegard, Calvin H. ^[1]; Schmidt, Andrew J. ^[1]; Chenault, Jeffrey W. ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

This report describes results of work performed in the Shielded Analytical Laboratory (SAL) at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory’s (PNNL) Radiochemical Processing Laboratory (RPL) with archive K East (KE) Basin sludge samples obtained before the year 2004, with some of them composited and initially characterized five years ago (Delegard et al. 2011). The previously performed testing included the physical properties determinations for selected samples (settled and particle densities, water and solids concentrations), the pH, as well as identification of crystalline phases by X-ray diffractometry (XRD) for selected samples. Another objective of the previous characterization and testing campaign was to transfer some sludge composites and individual samples into new storage containers to overcome the embrittlement effect which develops in original glass containers as a result of extended exposure to high radiation fields and which increases probability of sample loss.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1086422
• Report Number(s): PNNL--21836; 830403000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

K Basin
Radiochemical Processing Laboratory
re-jarring
sludge