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Chemical Pretreatment of Nuclear Waste for Disposal

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  • © 1994

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Editors:
  1. Wallace W. Schulz

    1. Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, USA

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  2. E. Philip Horwitz

    1. Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, USA

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Table of contents (12 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Separations Technology: The Key to Radioactive Waste Minimization

    • Jimmy T. Bell, Luci H. Bell
    Pages 1-15

  3. Chemical Pretreatment of Savannah River Site Nuclear Waste for Disposal

    • D. T. Hobbs, D. D. Walker
    Pages 17-24

  4. Disposal of Hanford Site Tank Wastes

    • M. J. Kupfer
    Pages 25-37

  5. Process Chemistry for the Pretreatment of Hanford Tank Wastes

    • Gregg J. Lumetta, John L. Swanson, Steven A. Barker
    Pages 39-49

  6. Removal of Actinides from Hanford Site Wastes Using an Extraction Chromatographic Resin

    • G. S. Barney, R. G. Cowan
    Pages 51-70

  7. Chemical Mechanisms for Gas Generation in Tank 241-SY-101

    • D. M. Strachan, L. R. Pederson, S. A. Bryan, E. C. Ashby, C. L. Liotta, E. K. Barefield et al.
    Pages 71-79

  8. Combined TRUEX-SREX Extraction/Recovery Process

    • E. Philip Horwitz, Mark L. Dietz, Herbert Diamond, Robin D. Rogers, Ralph A. Leonard
    Pages 81-99

  9. Noble Metal Fission Products as Catalysts for Hydrogen Evolution from Formic Acid Used in Nuclear Waste Treatment

    • R. B. King, A. D. King Jr., N. K. Bhattacharyya, C. M. King, L. F. Landon
    Pages 101-113

  10. Microbiological Treatment of Radioactive Wastes

    • A. J. Francis
    Pages 115-131

  11. Treatment of High-Level Wastes from the IFR Fuel Cycle

    • T. R. Johnson, M. A. Lewis, A. E. Newman, J. J. Laidler
    Pages 133-143

  12. SOIL*EXSM— An Innovative Process for Treatment of Hazardous and Radioactive Mixed Waste

    • Gregory C. Gilles, Matt Husain, Robert Hemmings, Ramona Neuman
    Pages 145-154

  13. Clean Option: An Alternative Strategy for Hanford Tank Waste Remediation; Detailed Description of First Example Flowsheet

    • J. L. Swanson
    Pages 155-209

  14. Back Matter

    Pages 211-212
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Chemical pretreatment of nuclear wastes refers to the sequence of separations processes used to partition such wastes into a small volume of high-level waste for deep geologic disposal and a larger volume of low-level waste for disposal in a near-surface facility. Pretreatment of nuclear wastes now stored at several U. S. Department of Energy sites ranges from simple solid-liquid separations to more complex chemical steps, such as dissolution of sludges and removal of selected radionuclides, e. g. , 90Sr, 99Tc, 137CS, and TRU (transuranium) elements. The driving force for development of chemical pretreatment processes for nuclear wastes is the economic advantage of waste minimization as reflected in lower costs for near-surface disposal compared to the high cost of disposing of wastes in a deep geologic repository. This latter theme is expertly and authoritatively discussed in the introductory paper by J. and L. Bell. Seven papers in this volume describe several separations processes developed or being developed to pretreat the large volume of nuclear wastes stored at the US DOE Hanford and Savannah River sites. These papers include descriptions of the type and amount of important nuclear wastes stored at the Hanford and Savannah River sites as well as presently envisioned strategies for their treatment and final disposal. A paper by Strachan et al. discusses chemical and radiolytic mechanisms for the formation and release of potentially explosive hydrogen gas in Tank 241-SY-101 at the Hanford site.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Chemistry Division, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, USA

    Wallace W. Schulz, E. Philip Horwitz

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Chemical Pretreatment of Nuclear Waste for Disposal

  • Editors: Wallace W. Schulz, E. Philip Horwitz

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-2526-4

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1994

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-44898-0Published: 31 January 1995

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4613-6076-6Published: 24 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4615-2526-4Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: VIII, 212

  • Topics: Waste Management/Waste Technology, Ecotoxicology, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Nuclear Energy

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