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Title: Plasma technology for treating hazardous, radioactive, and mixed waste: Critical technology issues and preliminary results

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OSTI ID:469817
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  1. Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM (United States)

Plasma processing technology is currently being considered for the treatment of hazardous, radioactive, and mixed waste. The paper reviews the technology and proposes critical issues to be addressed in applying plasma to waste treatment. Preliminary results from a small scale plasma arcjet experiment with acetone were compared with predictions from ASPEN, a chemical equilibrium code. Preliminary results indicate that proper mixing and models describing the high temperature plasma chemical kinetics are needed to adequately predict the composition of the offgases.

OSTI ID:
469817
Report Number(s):
CONF-960804-Vol.1; CNN: Contract 942382401; TRN: 97:008623
Resource Relation:
Conference: SPECTRUM `96: international conference on nuclear and hazardous waste management, Seattle, WA (United States), 18-23 Aug 1996; Other Information: PBD: 1996; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the international topical meeting on nuclear and hazardous waste management (SPECTRUM `96): Volume 1; PB: 885 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English