skip to main content
DOE Patents title logo U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Title: Precipitate hydrolysis process for the removal of organic compounds from nuclear waste slurries

Abstract

A process for removing organic compounds from a nuclear waste slurry comprising reacting a mixture of radioactive waste precipitate slurry and an acid in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a copper(II) catalyst whereby the organic compounds in the precipitate slurry are hydrolyzed to form volatile organic compounds which are separated from the reacting mixture. The resulting waste slurry, containing less than 10 percent of the original organic compounds, is subsequently blended with high level radioactive sludge land transferred to a vitrification facility for processing into borosilicate glass for long-term storage. 2 figs., 3 tabs.

Inventors:
;
Issue Date:
Research Org.:
Du Pont de Nemours (E.I.) and Co., Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River Lab.
OSTI Identifier:
6880411
Patent Number(s):
6018389
Assignee:
SRS; EDB-88-176554
DOE Contract Number:  
AC09-76SR00001
Resource Type:
Patent
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are illegible in microfiche products
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; REMOVAL; CATALYSTS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; INVENTIONS; PH VALUE; PRECIPITATION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES; RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT; SLURRIES; DISPERSIONS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; MIXTURES; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; PROCESSING; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; SEPARATION PROCESSES; SUSPENSIONS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING; WASTES; 052001* - Nuclear Fuels- Waste Processing

Citation Formats

Doherty, J P, and Marek, J C. Precipitate hydrolysis process for the removal of organic compounds from nuclear waste slurries. United States: N. p., 1987. Web.
Copy to clipboard
Doherty, J P, & Marek, J C. Precipitate hydrolysis process for the removal of organic compounds from nuclear waste slurries. United States.
Copy to clipboard
Doherty, J P, and Marek, J C. Wed . "Precipitate hydrolysis process for the removal of organic compounds from nuclear waste slurries". United States.
Copy to clipboard
@article{osti_6880411,
title = {Precipitate hydrolysis process for the removal of organic compounds from nuclear waste slurries},
author = {Doherty, J P and Marek, J C},
abstractNote = {A process for removing organic compounds from a nuclear waste slurry comprising reacting a mixture of radioactive waste precipitate slurry and an acid in the presence of a catalytically effective amount of a copper(II) catalyst whereby the organic compounds in the precipitate slurry are hydrolyzed to form volatile organic compounds which are separated from the reacting mixture. The resulting waste slurry, containing less than 10 percent of the original organic compounds, is subsequently blended with high level radioactive sludge land transferred to a vitrification facility for processing into borosilicate glass for long-term storage. 2 figs., 3 tabs.},
doi = {},
journal = {},
number = ,
volume = ,
place = {United States},
year = {1987},
month = {2}
}
Copy to clipboard
Patent:
Search for the full text at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office
Save / Share:
Export Metadata
Save to My Library
You must Sign In or Create an Account in order to save documents to your library.

Similar Records in DOE Patents and OSTI.GOV collections: