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Marshall, D.W.; Soelberg, N.R.
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Funding organisation: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (United States)2003
Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (United States). Funding organisation: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (United States)2003
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[en] The Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) was home to nuclear fuel reprocessing activities for decades at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. As a result of the reprocessing activities, INTEC has accumulated approximately one million gallons of acidic, radioactive, sodium-bearing waste (SBW). The purpose of this demonstration was to investigate a reforming technology, offered by ThermoChem Waste Remediation, LLC, (TWR) for treatment of SBW into a ''road ready'' waste form that would meet the waste acceptance criteria for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP). TWR is the licensee of Manufacturing Technology Conservation International (MTCI) steam-reforming technology in the field of radioactive waste treatment. A non-radioactive simulated SBW was used based on the known composition of waste tank WM-180 at INTEC. Rhenium was included as a non-radioactive surrogate for technetium. Data was collected to determine the nature and characteristics o f the product, the operability of the technology, the composition of the off-gases, and the fate of key radionuclides (cesium and technetium) and volatile mercury compounds. The product contained a low FR-action of elemental carbon residues in the cyclone and filter vessel catches. Mercury was quantitatively stripped FR-om the product but cesium, rhenium (Tc surrogate), and the heavy metals were retained. Nitrate residues were about 400 ppm in the product and NOx destruction exceeded 86%. The demonstration was successful
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21 May 2003; 1990 Kilobytes; AC--07-99ID13727; Available from OSTI as DE00811346; PURL: https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/811346-rSf1xF/native/
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