Selection and development of air-injected frit slurry blasting for decontamination of DWPF canisters

Technical Report · Sat Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:6529965

Ward, C R

Canisters of waste glass produced in the Defense Waste Processing Facility at the Savannah River Plant will be decontaminated by air-injected frit slurry blasting. The byproduct of this operation, contaminated frit slurry, will be used as part of the feed stock for the glass-making process. Therefore, no secondary waste will be created. Scouting tests of four different frit blasting techniques were conducted by the Savannah River Laboratory. The techniques investigated were dry blasting, direct pump slurry blasting, air-aspirated slurry blasting, and air-injected slurry blasting. The air-injected slurry blasting technique was chosen for development, based on results of these scouting tests. A detailed development program was undertaken to optimize the air-injected frit slurry blasting process. 3 references, 28 figures.

• Research Organization: Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (USA). Savannah River Lab.
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-76SR00001
• OSTI ID: 6529965
• Report Number(s): DP-1692; ON: DE85001517
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ABRASIVES
BOROSILICATE GLASS
CLEANING
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
CONTAINERS
CONTAMINATION
DATA
DECONTAMINATION
DISPERSIONS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
GLASS
HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
INFORMATION
MATERIALS
MIXTURES
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUMERICAL DATA
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SLURRIES
SURFACE CLEANING
SURFACE CONTAMINATION
SURFACE FINISHING
SUSPENSIONS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES