Tank 50 Simulant Grout and Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) Results for Methyl Mercury Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC) Limit
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)
Testing of simulated Tank 50 salt solution grout, spiked with methyl mercury (MeHg) and ionic mercury, used the Toxicity Characteristic Leaching Procedure (TCLP) to evaluate leaching performance with respect to Hg and the Waste Acceptance Criteria (WAC) limits for the Saltstone Production Facility (SPF). This report describes the test parameters for simulant preparation and confirmatory analysis, grout preparation, TCLP leach testing and subsequent leachate analyses. These scoping tests were designed to provide an initial evaluation of the effect of increased MeHg and ionic Hg on the TCLP and were requested by Savannah River Remediation LLC (SRR) through a Technical Assistance Request (TAR). It is expected that this preliminary testing will likely lead to future, more detailed, testing involving the mercury (Hg) WAC and Hg limits with respect to the Tank 50 TCLP for mercury. The TCLP concentrations for total Hg have approached 0.06 mg/L in recent years for Tank 50 radioactive solutions containing up to 105 mg/L of Hg in the form of ionic (Hg(I/II), elemental (Hg(0)) and organo-mercury such as MeHg. In discussions with SRR personnel, it was decided for this non-baseline work to target Hg spike concentrations, using predominately MeHg, in the range of 150 to 350 mg/L total Hg to investigate corresponding Hg TCLP leaching behaviors.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River National Lab (SRNL), Aiken, SC (United States); Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-08SR22470
- OSTI ID:
- 1770281
- Report Number(s):
- SRNL-STI--2020-00468
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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