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Title: Characterization of Hanford tank wastes containing ferrocyanides

Abstract

Currently, 17 storage tanks on the Hanford site that are believed to contain > 1,000 gram moles (465 lbs) of ferrocyanide compounds have been identified. Seven other tanks are classified as ferrocyanide containing waste tanks, but contain less than 1,000 gram moles of ferrocyanide compounds. These seven tanks are still included as Hanford Watch List Tanks. These tanks have been declared an unreviewed safety question (USQ) because of potential thermal reactivity hazards associated with the ferrocyanide compounds and nitrate and nitrite. Hanford tanks with waste containing > 1,000 gram moles of ferrocyanide have been sampled. Extensive chemical, radiothermical, and physical characterization have been performed on these waste samples. The reactivity of these wastes were also studied using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Thermogravimetric analysis. Actual tank waste samples were retrieved from tank 241-C-112 using a specially designed and equipped core-sampling truck. Only a small portion of the data obtained from this characterization effort will be reported in this paper. This report will deal primarily with the cyanide and carbon analyses, thermal analyses, and limited physical property measurements.

Authors:
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Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
60913
Report Number(s):
PNL-SA-21497; CONF-930204-4
ON: DE95004561; TRN: 95:005134
DOE Contract Number:  
AC06-76RL01830
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Conference: `93 meeting on waste management, Tucson, AZ (United States), 28 Feb - 4 Mar 1993; Other Information: PBD: Feb 1993
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
05 NUCLEAR FUELS; HANFORD RESERVATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE STORAGE; SAFETY ENGINEERING; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THERMAL ANALYSIS; FERROCYANIDES; FLAMMABILITY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA

Citation Formats

Tingey, J M, Matheson, J D, McKinley, S G, Jones, T E, and Pool, K H. Characterization of Hanford tank wastes containing ferrocyanides. United States: N. p., 1993. Web. doi:10.2172/60913.
Tingey, J M, Matheson, J D, McKinley, S G, Jones, T E, & Pool, K H. Characterization of Hanford tank wastes containing ferrocyanides. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/60913
Tingey, J M, Matheson, J D, McKinley, S G, Jones, T E, and Pool, K H. 1993. "Characterization of Hanford tank wastes containing ferrocyanides". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/60913. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/60913.
@article{osti_60913,
title = {Characterization of Hanford tank wastes containing ferrocyanides},
author = {Tingey, J M and Matheson, J D and McKinley, S G and Jones, T E and Pool, K H},
abstractNote = {Currently, 17 storage tanks on the Hanford site that are believed to contain > 1,000 gram moles (465 lbs) of ferrocyanide compounds have been identified. Seven other tanks are classified as ferrocyanide containing waste tanks, but contain less than 1,000 gram moles of ferrocyanide compounds. These seven tanks are still included as Hanford Watch List Tanks. These tanks have been declared an unreviewed safety question (USQ) because of potential thermal reactivity hazards associated with the ferrocyanide compounds and nitrate and nitrite. Hanford tanks with waste containing > 1,000 gram moles of ferrocyanide have been sampled. Extensive chemical, radiothermical, and physical characterization have been performed on these waste samples. The reactivity of these wastes were also studied using Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC) and Thermogravimetric analysis. Actual tank waste samples were retrieved from tank 241-C-112 using a specially designed and equipped core-sampling truck. Only a small portion of the data obtained from this characterization effort will be reported in this paper. This report will deal primarily with the cyanide and carbon analyses, thermal analyses, and limited physical property measurements.},
doi = {10.2172/60913},
url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/60913}, journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1993},
month = {Mon Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 1993}
}