FY2021 ILAW Glass Ion-Exchange Rate Testing
- The Catholic Univ. of America, Washington, DC (United States)
- Washington River Protection Solutions, Richland, WA (United States)
Approximately 54 to 56 million gallons of radioactive mixed waste is currently stored in underground tanks at The United States Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Hanford site in the State of Washington. The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) will provide DOE’s Office of River Protection (ORP) with a means of treating this waste by vitrification for subsequent disposal. The tank waste will be separated into low- and high-activity waste fractions, which will then be vitrified respectively into Immobilized Low Activity Waste (ILAW) and Immobilized High-Level Waste (IHLW) products. The ILAW product will be disposed of in an engineered facility – the Integrated Disposal Facility (IDF) – on the Hanford site, while the IHLW product will be directed to the national deep geological disposal facility for high-level nuclear waste. The ILAW and IHLW products must meet a variety of requirements with respect to protection of the environment before they can be accepted for disposal. To capitalize on the success of the FY19 and FY20 Atkins/VSL test results on six glasses, Washington River Protection Solutions, LLC (WRPS) has contracted with Atkins/VSL to collect IEX data on four more ILAW glasses using PFT, the results of which are the subject of the present report. The work described herein was performed according to a Test Plan that is responsive to the corresponding WRPS scope of work.
- Research Organization:
- Hanford Site (HNF), Richland, WA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC27-08RV14800
- OSTI ID:
- 1866110
- Report Number(s):
- WRPS-67863-00; VSL-21R4960-2; TRN: US2308338
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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