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Comprehensive supernatant treatment

Conference ·
OSTI ID:375685
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  1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)

This task involves testing of sorbent materials for removing cesium, strontium, and technetium from the saline solutions in DOE storage tank supernatant at Oak Ridge and other sites. Staff at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) are recovering and treating the liquid (supernatant) portions of Melton Valley Storage Tank (MVST) waste in a hot cell to separate and remove the radionuclides. Batch tests will be used to evaluate and select the most promising materials for supernatant treatment to reduce the amount of waste for final disposal. Small column tests will be made on selected sorbents to verify the batch data and to obtain additional data for process design. Efforts will be made to obtain samples of tank supernatant from Hanford for comparison.

Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
OSTI ID:
375685
Report Number(s):
PNNL-SA--27105; CONF-960158--; ON: DE96005494
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English