Techniques and Facilities for Handling and Packaging Tritiated Liquid Wastes for Burial
- Mound Plant (MOUND), Miamisburg, OH (United States)
Methods and facilities have been developed for the collection, storage, measurement, assay, solidification, and packaging of tritiated liquid wastes (concentrations up to 5 Ci/ml) for disposal by land burial. Tritium losses to the environment from these operations are less than 1 ppm. All operations are performed in an inert gas-purged glovebox system vented to an effluent removal system which permits nearly complete removal of tritium from the exhaust gases prior to their discharge to the environment. Waste oil and water from tritium processing areas are vacuum-transferred to glovebox storage tanks through double-walled lines. Accommodations are also available for emptying portable liquid waste containers and for removing tritiated water from molecular sieve beds with heat and vacuum. The tritium concentration of the collected liquids is measured by an in-line calorimeter. A low-volume metering pump is used to transfer liquids from holding tanks to heavy walled polyethylene drums filled with an absorbent or cement for solidification. Final packaging of the sealed polyethylene drums is in either an asphalt-filled combination 30- and 55- gallon metal drum package or a 30-gallon welded stainless steel container.
- Research Organization:
- MOUND (Mound Plant, Miamisburg, OH (United States))
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE; US Atomic Energy Commission (AEC)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AT(33-1)-GEN-53
- OSTI ID:
- 972228
- Report Number(s):
- MLM--2143(OP)
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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