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Wallace W. Schulz
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W2S Co., Inc., Albuquerque, USA
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Nicholas J. Lombardo
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA
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Table of contents (40 chapters)
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Front Matter
Pages i-xiii
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Disposal Strategies and Technology Needs
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- Terri L. Stewart, Jeffrey A. Frey, David W. Geiser, Kristin L. Manke
Pages 3-13
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- Thomas M. Brouns, Jeffrey A. Frey, Terri L. Stewart, Robert W. Allen, Kristin L. Manke
Pages 25-34
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- Terry A. Todd, Arlin L. Olson, W. Brent Palmer, James H. Valentine
Pages 35-43
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- Earl W. Holtzscheiter, Connie A. Cicero-Herman, Sandra J. Carroll, James E. Flaherty
Pages 45-56
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- Roger L. Gilchrist, Yuri Revenko
Pages 57-62
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Technology for Characterization and Retrieval of Tank Waste
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- Steven D. Colson, Roy E. Gephart, Valeria L. Hunter, Jiri Janata, Larry G. Morgan
Pages 77-99
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- Albert F. Noonan, David A. Dodd, Louis Jensen, Deborah F. Iwatate, Thomas E. Rainey, Frederich R. Reich et al.
Pages 101-116
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- Glenn J. Bastiaans, John H. Ballard, Cliff Morgan
Pages 117-126
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- Beverly A. Crawford, Kevin R. Kyle
Pages 127-134
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- M. R. Smith, J. S. Hartman, M. L. Alexander, A. Mendoza, E. H. Hirt, T. L. Stewart et al.
Pages 135-158
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- Eric A. Daymo, Bruce A. Reynolds, John G. H. Geeting, Charles R. Hymas
Pages 173-190
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Tank Waste Pretreatment Processes
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Front Matter
Pages 191-191
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- Edward C. Beahm, Charles F. Weber, Rodney D. Hunt, Tommy A. Dillow
Pages 193-201
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- G. J. Lumetta, B. M. Rapko, J. Liu, D. J. Temer
Pages 203-218
About this book
Radioactive wastes resulting from over 40 years of production of nuclear weapons in the U. S. are currently stored in 273 underground tanks at the U. S. Department of Energy Hanford site, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Oak Ridge Reservation, and Savannah River site. Combined, tanks at these sjtes contain approximately 94,000,000 gallons of waste in a variety of forms including liquid, concrete-like salt cake, and various sludges. More than 730,000,000 curies of several radioactive isotopes are present in the underground tanks. Certainly, one of the greatest challenges facing the U. S. Department of Energy is how to characterize, retrieve, treat, and immobilize the great variety of tank wastes in a safe, timely, and cost-effective manner. For several years now, the U. S. Department of Energy has initiated and sponsored scientific and engineering studies, tests, and demonstrations to develop the myriad of technologies required to dispose of the radioactive tank wastes. In recent times, much of the Department of Energy R&D activities concerning tank wastes have been closely coordinated and organized through the Tanks Focus Area (IF A); responsibility for technical operations of the TF A has been assigned to the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.
Editors and Affiliations
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W2S Co., Inc., Albuquerque, USA
Wallace W. Schulz
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA
Nicholas J. Lombardo