Secondary Waste Simulant Development for Cast Stone Formulation Testing

Technical Report · Wed Apr 01 04:00:00 EDT 2015

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1186983· OSTI ID:1186983

Russell, Renee L. ^[1]; Westsik, Joseph H. ^[1]; Rinehart, Donald E. ^[1]; Swanberg, David J. ^[2]; Mahoney, J. ^[2]

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1. Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
2. Washington River Protection Solutions, Richland, WA (United States)

Washington River Protection Solutions, LLC (WRPS) funded Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) to conduct a waste form testing program to implement aspects of the Secondary Liquid Waste Treatment Cast Stone Technology Development Plan (Ashley 2012) and the Hanford Site Secondary Waste Roadmap (PNNL 2009) related to the development and qualification of Cast Stone as a potential waste form for the solidification of aqueous wastes from the Hanford Site after the aqueous wastes are treated at the Effluent Treatment Facility (ETF). The current baseline is that the resultant Cast Stone (or grout) solid waste forms would be disposed at the Integrated Disposal Facility (IDF). Data and results of this testing program will be used in the upcoming performance assessment of the IDF and in the design and operation of a solidification treatment unit planned to be added to the ETF. The purpose of the work described in this report is to 1) develop simulants for the waste streams that are currently being fed and future WTP secondary waste streams also to be fed into the ETF and 2) prepare simulants to use for preparation of grout or Cast Stone solid waste forms for testing.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 1186983
• Report Number(s): PNNL--24195; 830403000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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