Demonstration of technologies to remove contamination from groundwater

Conference · Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 EST 1989

OSTI ID:5689253

Hodgson, K M; Garrett, L

The Westinghouse Hanford Company has been testing various technologies for decontaminating groundwaters and liquid effluents. The results of preliminary testing of three technologies are reported. The technologies are iron coprecipitation/filtration, supported liquid membranes, and reverse osmosis. The processes were tested to determine their capability to remove uranium, chromium, nitrates, and technetium. All processes removed contaminants to less than maximum contaminant limits. The secondary waste volumes were estimated for each process. The supported liquid membranes secondary waste volume was the smallest, followed by iron coprecipitation, and the largest volume was created by the reverse osmosis process. 5 refs., 7 tabs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC06-87RL10930
• OSTI ID: 5689253
• Report Number(s): WHC-SA-0367; CONF-890927-1; ON: DE89013534
• Resource Relation: Conference: 3. international conference on new frontiers for hazardous waste management, Pittsburgh, PA, USA, 10-13 Sep 1989; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
COPRECIPITATION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
GROUND WATER
CONTAMINATION
CHEMICAL EFFLUENTS
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
HANFORD RESERVATION
MITIGATION
OSMOSIS
DIFFUSION
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PRECIPITATION
SEPARATION PROCESSES
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER
052002* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Disposal & Storage
053000 - Nuclear Fuels- Environmental Aspects
510200 - Environment
Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)