Incineration of LWR-type waste in the Mound Cyclone Incinerator: a feasibility study
The Mound Cyclone Incinerator has been demonstrated for several years for combustion of radwaste containing plutonium. It is now being developed for volume reduction of radwaste from light water reactor (LWR) facilities containing mixed beta- and gamma-emitters. To this end, a laboratory-scale feasibility study has been developed and executed. Development of the feasibility study was based on known characteristics of LWR waste and on operating data compiled for the Mound Cyclone Incinerator since 1975. Feed spiked with several isotopes found in LWR waste was burned in the laboratory-scale cyclone incinerator, and samples collected and analyzed. From these data, the applicability of cyclone incineration was demonstrated, and an efficient scrub liquor composition was chosen for the offgas treatment system. A Health Physics survey of the incinerator system after incineration of 220 ..mu..Ci of beta/gamma activity showed no exposure readings above background levels. Supplemental experiments were also performed to determine the effect of the chemical form of iodine on its volatility, as well as to calculate the cost-benefit relationship for the addition of potassium iodide to scrub liquor.
- Research Organization:
- Mound Facility, Miamisburg, OH (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-76DP00053
- OSTI ID:
- 7018833
- Report Number(s):
- MLM-2792
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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COMBUSTION
COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS
ELEMENTS
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HALIDES
HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
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