Soil washing treatability testing for rad-waste material
- OHM Remediation Services Corp., Findlay, OH (United States)
Soil washing treatability testing was successfully completed on soil contaminated with Ra-226 and Th-232. The objective of the soil washing study was to determine if the radiologically contaminated fraction of the soil could be separated from the bulk of the soil material. The cleanup criteria was < 15 pCi/g of Ra-226 and Th-232. Separation of the sample into eight size fractions showed that the majority of the contaminants were in the < 38 {micro}m size fractions. Process simulation work involved slurrying the soil. The clean coarse (> 38 {micro}m) fraction was allowed to settle and was washed to separate it from the highly contaminated fine (< 38 {micro}m) fraction. The clean coarse fraction comprised 85.7% of the total solids and had less than 15 pCi/g of Ra-226 and Th-232. This material was to be disposed at a RCRA Subtitle D disposal facility. The suspended fines were flocculated and dewatered to minimize the amount of highly contaminated material produced by the soil washing. The dewatered fines would require disposal at a low-level radiological disposal facility. Mass balance calculations were made to determine production rates and chemical and equipment requirements for the full-scale soil washing treatment.
- OSTI ID:
- 354304
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-970677-; TRN: IM9930%%45
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 90. annual meeting and exhibition of the Air and Waste Management Association, Toronto (Canada), 8-13 Jun 1997; Other Information: PBD: 1997; Related Information: Is Part Of 1997 proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association`s 90. annual meeting and exhibition; PB: [7000] p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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