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Title: Solidification of low-level radioactive waste at the Savannah River Site

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OSTI ID:5948119

Aqueous-based process waste and other small volume wastes including basin sludge and incinerator ash will be solidified in cement-based wasteforms at SRS. A variety of inorganic solidifying agents are used depending on the chemistry, contaminants, and processing characteristics of the waste. In some cases, pre-treatment of the waste is used to reduce the activity of the waste and/or to remove the hazardous characteristics of the waste. In the case of DWPF saltstone, pretreatment is used to reduce 137 Cs and 90 Sr concentration to Class A levels and in-situ treatment (chemical reactions between the cementitious solids and waste) is used to remove the toxic metal characteristic of the waste. Chemical reduction of the Cr/sup +6/ to Cr/sup +3/ and subsequent precipitation of Cr(OH)/sub 3/, (low solubility) occurs as the result of reactions between the cementitious raw materials and the waste liquid. In summary waste treatment and solidification used at SRS is designed to meet both South Carolina and Federal requirements for maintaining the quality of the groundwater at the disposal site boundary. 2 refs.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Lab., Aiken, SC (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-89SR18035
OSTI ID:
5948119
Report Number(s):
WSRC-RP-89-288; CONF-8905152-1; ON: DE89013770
Resource Relation:
Conference: NIST and NRC workshop on cement solidification of low level radioactive waste, Gaithersburg, MD, USA, 31 May 1989; Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English