Results of Salt Batch Qualification Testing

This presentation: (1) Describes the Integrated Salt Disposition Project (ISDP), the newest operating facilities at the Savannah River Site for treating stored radioactive waste; (2) Reviews the past campaigns of salt disposition (Macrobatch 1 and 2); (3) Reviews current operations (Macrobatch 3); (4) Outlines the next qualification (Macrobatch 4); and (5) Discusses the limiters in operations. In 2001, the Department of Energy (DOE) identified Caustic-Side Solvent Extraction as the preferred processing option for removing cesium from SRS wastes. Similarly, the preferred method for removing alpha-emitting actinides and strontium is by sorption on monosodium titanate (MST). February 2004, DOE commissioned construction and operation of a pilot version (i.e., 11-34 L/min processing rate for salt solution) of these processes until construction of the full-scale Salt Waste Processing Facility (SWPF). The effort is known as the Integrated Salt Disposition Project. The combined facilities began radioactive operations in April of 2008.