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Science and Technology for Disposal of Radioactive Tank Wastes

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Editors:
  1. Wallace W. Schulz

    1. W2S Co., Inc., Albuquerque, USA

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  2. Nicholas J. Lombardo

    1. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA

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Table of contents (40 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. Disposal Strategies and Technology Needs

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Overview of U.S. Radioactive Tank Problem

      • Terri L. Stewart, Jeffrey A. Frey, David W. Geiser, Kristin L. Manke
      Pages 3-13

    3. Science Needs for Tank Waste Remediation

      • John P. LaFemina
      Pages 15-24

    4. Tanks Focus Area: Technology Program to Meet Doe’s Tank Waste Clean-Up Needs

      • Thomas M. Brouns, Jeffrey A. Frey, Terri L. Stewart, Robert W. Allen, Kristin L. Manke
      Pages 25-34

    5. Proposed Ineel Treatment Plan for Liquid Acidic Waste and Calcine

      • Terry A. Todd, Arlin L. Olson, W. Brent Palmer, James H. Valentine
      Pages 35-43

    6. Doe Regulatory Reform Initiative — Vitrified Mixed Waste

      • Earl W. Holtzscheiter, Connie A. Cicero-Herman, Sandra J. Carroll, James E. Flaherty
      Pages 45-56

    7. Results of U.S./Russian Collaboration on High-Level Waste Tank Problems

      • Roger L. Gilchrist, Yuri Revenko
      Pages 57-62

  3. Technology for Characterization and Retrieval of Tank Waste

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 63-63
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    2. Comparisons of Historical Process Estimates with Tank Waste Assays

      • Stephen F. Agnew
      Pages 65-75

    3. A Risk and Outcome Based Strategy for Justifying Characterization to Resolve Tank Waste Safety Issues

      • Steven D. Colson, Roy E. Gephart, Valeria L. Hunter, Jiri Janata, Larry G. Morgan
      Pages 77-99

    4. Technical Approach to Characterization of Residual Waste at Hanford Tank Sites in Support of Waste Retrieval and Tank Closure Alternatives

      • Albert F. Noonan, David A. Dodd, Louis Jensen, Deborah F. Iwatate, Thomas E. Rainey, Frederich R. Reich et al.
      Pages 101-116

    5. Vadose Zone Characterization for High-Level Waste Tank Closure

      • Glenn J. Bastiaans, John H. Ballard, Cliff Morgan
      Pages 117-126

    6. Qualifications of Raman Analysis on Hanford Tank Wastes

      • Beverly A. Crawford, Kevin R. Kyle
      Pages 127-134

    7. Laser Ablation — Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry: Analysis of Hanford High-Level Waste Materials

      • M. R. Smith, J. S. Hartman, M. L. Alexander, A. Mendoza, E. H. Hirt, T. L. Stewart et al.
      Pages 135-158

    8. The Development of Physical Property Simulants for DOE Radioactive Tank Wastes

      • Mike R. Powell
      Pages 159-172

    9. Radioactive Slurry Transport Issues and Proposed Monitoring Equipment for the Hanford Site

      • Eric A. Daymo, Bruce A. Reynolds, John G. H. Geeting, Charles R. Hymas
      Pages 173-190

  4. Tank Waste Pretreatment Processes

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 191-191
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    2. Solids Control in Sludge Pretreatment

      • Edward C. Beahm, Charles F. Weber, Rodney D. Hunt, Tommy A. Dillow
      Pages 193-201

    3. Enhanced Sludge Washing for Pretreating Hanford Tank Sludges

      • G. J. Lumetta, B. M. Rapko, J. Liu, D. J. Temer
      Pages 203-218
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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

  • W2S Co., Inc., Albuquerque, USA

    Wallace W. Schulz

  • Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, USA

    Nicholas J. Lombardo

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Science and Technology for Disposal of Radioactive Tank Wastes

  • Editors: Wallace W. Schulz, Nicholas J. Lombardo

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4899-1543-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 1998

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-306-45904-7Published: 31 August 1998

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4899-1545-0Published: 26 June 2013

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4899-1543-6Published: 11 November 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 526

  • Topics: Nuclear Energy, Industrial Chemistry/Chemical Engineering, Inorganic Chemistry

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