Estimate of Hanford Waste Rheology and Settling Behavior

Technical Report · Fri Oct 26 00:00:00 EDT 2007

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/919714· OSTI ID:919714

Poloski, Adam P; Wells, Beric E; Tingey, Joel M; Mahoney, Lenna A; Hall, Mark N; Thomson, Scott L; Smith, Gary Lynn; Johnson, Michael E; Meacham, Joseph E; Knight, Mark A; Thien, Michael G; Davis, Jim J; Onishi, Yasuo

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of River Protection’s Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) will process and treat radioactive waste that is stored in tanks at the Hanford Site. Piping, pumps, and mixing vessels have been selected to transport, store, and mix the high-level waste slurries in the WTP. This report addresses the analyses performed by the Rheology Working Group (RWG) and Risk Assessment Working Group composed of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Bechtel National Inc. (BNI), CH2M HILL, DOE Office of River Protection (ORP) and Yasuo Onishi Consulting, LLC staff on data obtained from documented Hanford waste analyses to determine a best-estimate of the rheology of the Hanford tank wastes and their settling behavior. The actual testing activities were performed and reported separately in referenced documentation. Because of this, many of the required topics below do not apply and are so noted.

• Research Organization: Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-76RL01830
• OSTI ID: 919714
• Report Number(s): PNNL-16857; 830403000; TRN: US0807396
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
DOCUMENTATION
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RHEOLOGY
RISK ASSESSMENT
RIVERS
SLURRIES
TANKS
TESTING
TRANSPORT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES