Improvement of cesium leaching resistance of solidified borate wastes with copper-ferrocyanide-vermiculite adsorbent
- Inst. of Nuclear Energy Research, Lung-Tan (Taiwan, Province of China). Chemical Engineering Div.
Removal of cesium from deionized water, sea water, and lime water with copper ferrocyanide (CFC) and porous media including silica gel, bentonite, vermiculite, and zeolite were investigated; CFC and vermiculite were incorporated to prepare a compound adsorbent which was used to improve the Cs-leaching resistance of solidified borate wastes. It was shown that the Cs-removal efficiency by CFC is largely affected by pHs of the solutions, good cesium removal occurs in pHs ranged from 3 to 12 and the best from 7 to 10; the effect of Cs concentration is significantly only from lime water for Cs > 10{sup {minus}6} M at high pH and is insignificant from other solutions. Vermiculite and zeolite were shown to have better removal efficiency than silica gel and bentonite, and vermiculite was chosen to incorporate with CFC to make compound adsorbents because of its good compatibility with CFC. Compound adsorbents with different CFC contents were used as additives in the solidification of borate radwaste for improving the cesium leaching resistance of waste forms. Experimental results showed that the measured, cesium leaching index following ANSI/ANS 16.1, was increased from 7.96 to 9.76 by adding 0.25% of a compound adsorbent containing 20% CFC and 80% vermiculite, which indicated that the CFC-vermiculite compound adsorbent is very useful for improving cesium leaching resistance of the solidified borate radwastes.
- OSTI ID:
- 277772
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960306-; ISBN 0-7918-1226-X; TRN: 96:018195
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: ICONE 4: ASME/JSME international conference on nuclear engineering, New Orleans, LA (United States), 10-13 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of ICONE-4: Proceedings. Volume 5: Radioactive waste disposal; Decontamination and decommissioning; Aging assessment and license renewals; Global advances in nuclear codes and standards; Major component reliability; Rao, A.S. [ed.] [General Electric Nuclear Energy, San Jose, CA (United States)]; Duffey, R.B. [ed.] [Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (United States)]; Elias, D. [ed.] [Commonwealth Edison, Downers Grove, IL (United States)]; PB: 525 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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