Demonstration of the Tank Farm Washing Process and the DWPF SRAT Cycle with Sludge Batch 3 Simulant and Precipitated Pu/Gd Mixture from H-Canyon Tank 18.3
The Nuclear Materials Management Division (NMMD) has proposed that certain Pu solutions stored in H-Canyon be disposed to H-Tank Farm. These solutions contain significant inventories of plutonium. The Pu/Gd mixture (along with the sludge slurry from Tank 7 and Am/Cm solution) will be processed as a part of Sludge Batch 3. Sludge Batch 3 is the next sludge batch of feed for the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF). In order to prepare the feed for DWPF, the sludge slurry will be washed to approximately 0.55 M Na in the supernate. This report addresses the glove box work with a Sludge Batch 3 simulant and a Pu/Gd mixture precipitated from H-Canyon Tank 18.3. The main objective of this experimental work was to determine the behavior of the Pu and Gd during the Tank Farm washing process and the SRAT process.
- Research Organization:
- Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- US Department of Energy (US)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC09-96SR18500
- OSTI ID:
- 801925
- Report Number(s):
- WSRC-TR-2002-00208; TRN: US0205614
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: 23 Sep 2002
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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