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Calcination of sodium-bearing waste using aluminum nitrate

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6011083

Methods were studied for converting the sodium-bearing wastes stored at the Idaho Chemical Processing Plant into granular, free flowing solids by fluidized-bed calcination at 500/sup 0/C. All methods studied blended sodium-bearing waste and aluminum nitrate prior to calcination but differed in the nature of the additional compound(s) added to the blend. The most promising blend of aluminum nitrate and sodium-bearing waste studied contained a sodium (plus potassium)-to-aluminum mole ratio of 0.42 and a boric acid concentration of 0.10 to 0.20 M.

Research Organization:
Westinghouse Idaho Nuclear Co., Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-84ID12435
OSTI ID:
6011083
Report Number(s):
WINCO-1026; ON: DE86006663
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English