A field trial of novel bifunctional resins for removing pertechnetate (TcO{sub 4}{sup {minus}}) from contaminated groundwater

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Title: A field trial of novel bifunctional resins for removing pertechnetate (TcO{sub 4}{sup {minus}}) from contaminated groundwater

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A field trial using a custom-designed bifunctional synthetic resin prepared at the University of Tennessee and designed to selectively remove pertechnetate (TcO{sub 4}{sup {minus}}) from groundwater was conducted in summer 1997 at the Northwest Plume Pump-and-Treat Facility at the US Department of Energy`s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) site. The bifunctional resin, RO-02-119, was a copolymer of vinylbenzylchloride and divinylbenzene that had been functionalized with trihexylamine and triethylamine. The experiment was a parallel test of the synthetic resin and a commercial resin, Purolite A-520E, to directly compare the performance of the two resins. Purolite resin is currently used by the treatment facility to remove Tc-99 from the contaminated groundwater containing {approximately}1,000 pCi/L TcO{sub 4}{sup {minus}}. A total of {approximately}692,000 bed volumes of groundwater was passed through the column containing the synthetic resin (RO-02-119) whereas only {approximately}205,000 bed volumes of groundwater were passed through the Purolite resin column because of reduced hydraulic conductivity and clogging within the latter column. Despite less groundwater passing through the Purolite resin column, however, the breakthrough of TcO{sub 4}{sup {minus}} occurred earlier in the Purolite column than in the RO-02-119 column.

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Gu, B; Liang, L; Brown, G M; Bonnesen, P V; Moyer, B A ^[1]; Alexandratos, S D; Ober, R ^[2]

Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

Publication Date:: 1998-03-01

Research Org.:: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)

Sponsoring Org.:: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States); USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)

OSTI Identifier:: 663554

Report Number(s):: ORNL/TM-13593
ON: DE98058145; BR: EW 40 30; TRN: AHC29818%%392

DOE Contract Number:: AC05-96OR22464

Resource Type:: Technical Report

Resource Relation:: Other Information: DN: Environmental Sciences Division publication number 4757; PBD: Mar 1998

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

Subject:: 54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; GROUND WATER; REMEDIAL ACTION; RESINS; PERFORMANCE TESTING; PERTECHNETATES; EXPERIMENTAL DATA

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                    Gu, B, Liang, L, Brown, G M, Bonnesen, P V, Moyer, B A, Alexandratos, S D, and Ober, R. A field trial of novel bifunctional resins for removing pertechnetate (TcO{sub 4}{sup {minus}}) from contaminated groundwater.  United States: N. p., 1998. 
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                    Gu, B, Liang, L, Brown, G M, Bonnesen, P V, Moyer, B A, Alexandratos, S D, & Ober, R. A field trial of novel bifunctional resins for removing pertechnetate (TcO{sub 4}{sup {minus}}) from contaminated groundwater.  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/663554

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                    Gu, B, Liang, L, Brown, G M, Bonnesen, P V, Moyer, B A, Alexandratos, S D, and Ober, R. Sun .  
        "A field trial of novel bifunctional resins for removing pertechnetate (TcO{sub 4}{sup {minus}}) from contaminated groundwater".  United States.  https://doi.org/10.2172/663554.  https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/663554.

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  title        = {A field trial of novel bifunctional resins for removing pertechnetate (TcO{sub 4}{sup {minus}}) from contaminated groundwater},

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  abstractNote = {A field trial using a custom-designed bifunctional synthetic resin prepared at the University of Tennessee and designed to selectively remove pertechnetate (TcO{sub 4}{sup {minus}}) from groundwater was conducted in summer 1997 at the Northwest Plume Pump-and-Treat Facility at the US Department of Energy`s Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) site. The bifunctional resin, RO-02-119, was a copolymer of vinylbenzylchloride and divinylbenzene that had been functionalized with trihexylamine and triethylamine. The experiment was a parallel test of the synthetic resin and a commercial resin, Purolite A-520E, to directly compare the performance of the two resins. Purolite resin is currently used by the treatment facility to remove Tc-99 from the contaminated groundwater containing {approximately}1,000 pCi/L TcO{sub 4}{sup {minus}}. A total of {approximately}692,000 bed volumes of groundwater was passed through the column containing the synthetic resin (RO-02-119) whereas only {approximately}205,000 bed volumes of groundwater were passed through the Purolite resin column because of reduced hydraulic conductivity and clogging within the latter column. Despite less groundwater passing through the Purolite resin column, however, the breakthrough of TcO{sub 4}{sup {minus}} occurred earlier in the Purolite column than in the RO-02-119 column.},

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