Published 1995 | Version v1
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Aluminum removal from washed sludge

  • 1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
  • 2. Tennessee Technological Univ., Cookeville, TN (United States). Dept. of Chemistry

Description

Purpose of this project is to reduce the volume of storage tank sludge to be treated by removing the Al and other nonradioactive components. In initial sludge surrogate studies, Al, Cr, and Zn showed the highest solubility in NaOH solutions; Ce and Zr were the least soluble of the elements tested. Removal of Fe and Bi approached 2%, the rest of the elements studied showed <1% removal. Amount of Al removed increased as the NaOH conc. increased from 0.1 to 6 M. Sequential washing of the sludge surrogate with 3 M NaOH removed 84% of the Al, 39% of the Cr, and 65% of the Zn. Surrogate sludges containing U and Th were also studied

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Also available from OSTI as DE96008642; NTIS; US Govt. Printing Office Dep.

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Additional details

Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
4 p.
Report number
CONF-950171--3

Conference

Title
Efficient Separations and Processing Integrated Program (ESPIP) technical integration and exchange (TIE) meeting.
Dates
24-26 Jan 1995.
Place
Gaithersburg, MD (United States).

INIS

Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
27060230
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
ALUMINIUM; DISSOLUTION; RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING; REMOVAL; SLUDGES; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; TANKS
Descriptors DEC
ALKALI METAL COMPOUNDS; CONTAINERS; ELEMENTS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; HYDROXIDES; MANAGEMENT; METALS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE PROCESSING

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AC05-84OR21400
Funding organization
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States).