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Title: Tank 9H Salt Solution Supernatant Characterization in Support of Potential Operating Strategies of Tank 9H Supernatant Through the Tank Closure Cesium Removal System

Technical Report ·
DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1591777· OSTI ID:1591777
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  1. Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)

Savannah River Remediation (SRR) recently initiated an ion exchange process to remove radioactive cesium from dissolved salt solution in Tank 10H, known as Tank Closure Cesium Removal (TCCR). As part of that ongoing campaign, the salt in Tank 9H will be dissolved and transferred to Tank 10H for processing through the TCCR system, and SRR requested the characterization of the dissolved salt solution in Tank 9H prior to the transfer to Tank 10H. On July 18, 2019, Savannah River Remediation Engineering (SRR-E) delivered two variable depth Tank 9H salt solution samples, identified as samples HTF-9-19-74 and HTF-9-19-75 (combined total sample volume of about 400 mL) to the Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL) for characterization. These two Tank 9H variable depth samples (HTF-9-19-74 and HTF-9-19-75 taken at ~180” and 42”, respectively) were retrieved from Riser 7 after hydro-lancing activities were complete. Approximately 4200 gallons of water were added to the tank during this activity. This report presents the analytical characterization results for the Tank 9H salt solution variable depth samples HTF-9-19-74 and HTF-9-19-75 and contains mainly the filtrate analytical results for anions, elements, mass spectral data, total cesium characterization results and select radionuclide results, along with the X-ray diffraction characterization of the solid fractions from the liquid /solid separation of the variable depth salt solutions. Most of these analyses were performed in duplicate with the percent relative standard deviation (%RSD), a measure of the variability between each duplicate data set expressed as a percentage, used to estimate the analytical result quality for each analyte.

Research Organization:
Savannah River Site (SRS), Aiken, SC (United States). Savannah River National Lab. (SRNL)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM)
DOE Contract Number:
AC09-08SR22470
OSTI ID:
1591777
Report Number(s):
SRNL-STI-2019-00676; TRN: US2102505
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English