Immobilization in Cement of Rice Husk used as Bio-sorbent of Radionuclides Present in Radioactive Liquid Waste - 17225
- Nuclear and Energy Research Institute, Sao Paulo, SP (Brazil)
The use of new techniques for the treatment of radioactive liquid wastes has been studied in the last few years by many countries. In this context, the bio-sorption has been an attractive process. In Brazil the Radioactive Waste Management Laboratory of Nuclear and Energy Research Institute (IPEN-CNEN/SP), studied some bio-masses to be used as bio-sorbents to remove radionuclides of the radioactive liquid waste stored in this institute. The rice husk is a low cost and wide available byproduct of the agriculture and its bio-sorption capacity has been proved as feasible. Thus, it is necessary to evaluate if its immobilization in a cementitious matrix will result in a waste form that meets the requirements of Brazilian regulations for final disposal of low and intermediate level waste. This work aimed at evaluating the properties of the immobilization of rice husk in a cementitious matrix. Some properties of the waste form with incorporated rice husk were evaluated, as free water, workability, setting time and mechanical strength. The results indicated that cement matrices with 5 and 10% of biomass and water/cement ratio of 0.30 and 0.35 are viable for the production of waste forms that meets the Brazilian regulations. (authors)
- Research Organization:
- WM Symposia, Inc., PO Box 27646, 85285-7646 Tempe, AZ (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 22794609
- Report Number(s):
- INIS-US-19-WM-17225; TRN: US19V0288038828
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: WM2017 Conference: 43. Annual Waste Management Symposium, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 5-9 Mar 2017; Other Information: Country of input: France; 11 refs.; available online at: http://archive.wmsym.org/2017/index.html
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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