Low level waste treatment by ion-exchange. II. Use of a weak acid, carboxylic-phenolic ion-exchange resin

Technical Report · Mon Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 1961

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5491572· OSTI ID:5491572

Holcomb, R R; Roberts, J T

Laboratory results are presented for a flowsheet study of a process for decontaminating ORNL low level waste water. The water is adjusted to approximately pH 12 with NaOH, clarified, and passed through a bed of phenolic cation exchange resin. This study, using a phenolic-carboxylic resin, showed essentially the same results as those previously reported using a phenolic-sulfonic resin, i.e., radioactivities in ORNL waste were reduced to the order of 10% of MPC. The phenolic-carboxylic resin has the advantage that it can be regenerated with 0.5 M HNO/sub 3/ instead of the 5 M HCl required for the phenolic-sulfonic resin. Volume reduction factors of 2000 to 3000 were achieved.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-26
• OSTI ID: 5491572
• Report Number(s): ORNL-TM-5
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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