Plasma filtering techniques for nuclear waste remediation

Gueroult, Renaud; Hobbs, David T.; Fisch, Nathaniel J.

doi:10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.04.058

Title: Plasma filtering techniques for nuclear waste remediation

Journal Article · Fri Apr 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015 · Journal of Hazardous Materials

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2015.04.058· OSTI ID:1239590

Gueroult, Renaud ^[1]; Hobbs, David T. ^[2]; Fisch, Nathaniel J. ^[1]

Princeton Plasma Physics Lab. (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States)
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)

The economical viability of nuclear waste cleanup e orts could, in some cases, be put at risk due to the difficulties faced in handling unknown and complex feedstocks. Plasma filtering, which operates on dissociated elements, offers advantages over chemical techniques for the processing of such wastes. In this context, the economic feasibility of plasma mass filtering for nuclear waste pretreatment before ultimate disposal is analyzed. Results indicate similar costs for chemical and plasma solid-waste pretreatment per unit mass of waste, but suggest significant savings potential as a result of a superior waste mass minimization. This performance improvement is observed over a large range of waste chemical compositions, representative of legacy waste's heterogeneity. Although smaller, additional savings arise from the absence of a secondary liquid waste stream, as typically produced by chemical techniques.

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Research Organization:: Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), Princeton, NJ (United States); Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC02-09CH11466; AC09-08SR22470

OSTI ID:: 1239590

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1240877; OSTI ID: 1249600; OSTI ID: 1258797

Report Number(s):: PPPL-5106; SRNL-STI-2014-00631; PII: S0304389415003568

Journal Information:: Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 297, Issue C; ISSN 0304-3894

Publisher:: ElsevierCopyright Statement

Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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