Published November 1994 | Version v1
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Intercomparison of liquid waste treatment methods

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Description

A programme of work has been successfully completed to assess the performance of Electrochemical Ion Exchange (EIX) and seeded crossflow ultrafiltration (UF) in decontaminating low level liquid wastes from the Tihange Pressurised Water Reactor in Belgium and intermediate/high level reprocessing wastes from Saluggia and Casaccia in Italy. Inactive and trace active laboratory experiments provided the basic process design parameters which were tested on-site with batches of real waste. These confirmed the small-scale tests, but highlighted problems with intractable or atypical batches of waste. The UF trials showed that, by appropriate choice of absorber materials and operating conditions, removal of the species of prime concern (Co, Sr, Cs, Pu) and reduction of total activity to low levels can be achieved for both types of waste. (author)

Availability note (English)

Available from The British Library Document Supply Centre, Boston Spa, Wetherby, West Yorks. LS23 7BQ.

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Publishing Information

Imprint Pagination
40 p.
Report number
DOE-HMIP-RR--94/01

INIS

Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Country of Input or Organization
United Kingdom
INIS RN
26055015
Subject category
S12: MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE WASTES, AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Numerical Data, Non-conventional Literature
Descriptors DEI
BENCH-SCALE EXPERIMENTS; DECONTAMINATION; ELECTROCHEMISTRY; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; HIGH-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; INTERLABORATORY COMPARISONS; INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; ION EXCHANGE; LIQUID WASTES; LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES; OPTIMIZATION
Descriptors DEC
CLEANING; DATA; INFORMATION; MATERIALS; NUMERICAL DATA; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RADIOACTIVE WASTES; WASTES

Optional Information

Contract/Grant/Project number
Contract AEA-ESD-0147
Funding organization
Department of the Environment, London (United Kingdom).
Secondary number(s)
PECD--7/9/4867.