Stabilization of hazardous/mixed K061 wastes
Conference
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OSTI ID:96694
- Envirocare of Utah, Inc., Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
- Fluid Tech, Inc., Las Vegas, NV (United States)
The K061 Stabilization Program is an ongoing testing and treatment program jointly conducted between Envirocare of Utah, Inc., and Fluid Tech, Inc. (FTI). This program is comprised of a series of treatability testing projects, each of which is individually developed to optimize the treatment conditions for stabilization of Electric Arc Furnace (EAF) dust which has become accidentally contaminated with Cs-137 sources. EAF dust is the aerial effluent collected above the vats of molten scrap steel heated to 3000{degrees} C at steel plants. The EAF dust is pulled off into the dust evacuation vents and collected in the baghouse. Most steel mills ship EAF dust to other smelters, such as Horsehead, which process the EAF dust to separate the various metals, such as iron, zinc, magnesium, manganese, lead, cadmium, chromium and copper. Occasionally during the melting of recycled steel a smokestack emission density gauge containing radioactive Cs-137 will be included with the steel being reprocessed. During melting, the gauge casing is breached, releasing Cs-137 into the vat. This report describes the program to stabilize the mixed K061 wastes.
- OSTI ID:
- 96694
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9504134--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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