Published December 1984 | Version v1
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Beneficial uses of nuclear byproducts/Sewage Sludge Irradiation Project. Progress report, January-June 1983

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Description

Sandia technical and engineering support for DOE's Byproduct Utilization Program (BUP) continued. A purchase order was placed for a prototype sludge solar dryer with Intermountain Wholesale, Inc. (IMCO) of Denver, Colorado. Gamma irradiation of various commodities in the Sandia Irradiator for Dried Sewage Solids (SIDSS) and in the Gamma Irradiation Facility (GIF) continued. Several tons of sludge were irradiated for a sludge stockpile experiment, and 2 tons of sludge have been irradiated for the NMSU Department of Crop and Soil Sciences. SIDSS upgrading has included the installation of new limit switches, vacuum pumps, speed controls, and elapsed time indicators. Routine and preventive maintenance has included swipe tests and lubrication of the conveyor bearings. A sludge stockpile experiment was initiated. All microbiological analyses are being done by the NMSU Department of Biology, and temperature measurements and sample handling and shipping are being done by SNLA. Sewage Solids Irradiation Transport System (SSITS) cask activities included placement of a contract for final machining of the two cask bodies. Analyses of cask performance when loaded with six strontium-90 (Sr-90) capsules were done

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MF available from INIS under the Report Number; Available from NTIS, PC A04/MF A01; 1 as DE85006455.

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Imprint Pagination
61 p.
Report number
SAND--84-0185

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Country of Publication
United States
Country of Input or Organization
United States
INIS RN
16061120
Subject category
S07: ISOTOPES AND RADIATION SOURCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data, Progress Report
Descriptors DEI
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; CASKS; CESIUM 137; CHEMICAL RADIATION EFFECTS; DRYING; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; GAMMA SOURCES; IRRADIATION; IRRADIATION CAPSULES; MODIFICATIONS; ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; RISK ASSESSMENT; SAFETY ENGINEERING; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SPECIFICATIONS; STERILIZATION; STRONTIUM 90; TRICHINOSIS
Descriptors DEC
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES; BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BIOLOGICAL WASTES; CESIUM ISOTOPES; CONTAINERS; DATA; DISEASES; EVEN-EVEN NUCLEI; INFECTIOUS DISEASES; INFORMATION; INTERMEDIATE MASS NUCLEI; ISOTOPES; MATERIALS; NUCLEI; NUMERICAL DATA; ODD-EVEN NUCLEI; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PARASITIC DISEASES; RADIATION EFFECTS; RADIATION SOURCES; RADIOISOTOPES; STRONTIUM ISOTOPES; WASTES; YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES