Magnetic separation for treatment of caustic waste
Abstract
Magnetic Separation can be applied to selectively extract actinide contaminants from liquid waste streams and to concentrate these toxic materials into a low volume waste stream. LANL`s Plutonium Processing Facility generates more than 80% of the total radioactive containing liquid waste treated at the LANL Waste Water Treatment Facility. This effluent is then combined with other liquid waste for continued treatment. Preliminary experimental results on contaminated waste water indicate that 99 to 99.9% extraction of Pu activity can be achieved using HGMS. This represents decontamination levels of {approximately}3 orders of magnitude to levels of 200 to 10 pCi/L. This technology could potentially reduce the Plutonium Facility radioactive waste stream effluents to levels acceptable for industrial waste stream limits.
- Authors:
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- Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)
- Publication Date:
- OSTI Identifier:
- 370116
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-960376-
TRN: 96:003805-0167
- Resource Type:
- Conference
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Spring national meeting of the American Chemical Society (ACS), New Orleans, LA (United States), 24-28 Mar 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of 211th ACS national meeting; PB: 2284 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
- Subject:
- 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; LIQUID WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; PLUTONIUM; SEPARATION PROCESSES; DECONTAMINATION; TOXIC MATERIALS
Citation Formats
Padilla, D D, Worl, L A, and Hill, D D. Magnetic separation for treatment of caustic waste. United States: N. p., 1996.
Web.
Padilla, D D, Worl, L A, & Hill, D D. Magnetic separation for treatment of caustic waste. United States.
Padilla, D D, Worl, L A, and Hill, D D. 1996.
"Magnetic separation for treatment of caustic waste". United States.
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title = {Magnetic separation for treatment of caustic waste},
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abstractNote = {Magnetic Separation can be applied to selectively extract actinide contaminants from liquid waste streams and to concentrate these toxic materials into a low volume waste stream. LANL`s Plutonium Processing Facility generates more than 80% of the total radioactive containing liquid waste treated at the LANL Waste Water Treatment Facility. This effluent is then combined with other liquid waste for continued treatment. Preliminary experimental results on contaminated waste water indicate that 99 to 99.9% extraction of Pu activity can be achieved using HGMS. This represents decontamination levels of {approximately}3 orders of magnitude to levels of 200 to 10 pCi/L. This technology could potentially reduce the Plutonium Facility radioactive waste stream effluents to levels acceptable for industrial waste stream limits.},
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year = {Tue Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996},
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