Concentration by evaporation of low and medium activity radioactive effluents

Evaporation is one of the radioactive effluent treatments used, enabling a purified distillate to be obtained and giving excellent decontamination factors for all the radionuclides present, if the pH conditions are correctly chosen and in the absence of volatile solvents. SGN has acquired a wide experience in the concentration of radioactive effluents and possesses a specific know-how in the field of droplet abatement and demisting for this application. The report describes the evaporation system optimized for the treatment of low and medium activity effluents, developed by SGN, which includes a special highly performant scrubbing column and, if necessary an additional lamella separator for droplet abatement. It also presents the ACEREN evaporator offered by SGN under CEA licence and based on the principle of a thin film natural evaporation at low temperature, without condensation of vapors