Cleanout of waste storage tanks at Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Cleanout of waste storage tanks at Oak Ridge National Laboratory [electronic resource]

In 1943, six storage tanks were built at the Clinton Laboratories (later to become Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)) to contain wastes generated by wartime research and development operations. During the following years, these tanks became an integral part of the ORNL waste system and accumulate...

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Corporate Author: Oak Ridge National Laboratory (Researcher)
Format: Government Document Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Oak Ridge National Laboratory. ; distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy, 1984.
Subjects:
Tanks.
Grouting.
Cleaning.
Us Doe.
Containers.
Low-level Radioactive Wastes.
Wastes.
National Organizations.
Radioactive Waste Disposal.
Mixtures.
Waste Disposal.
Dispersions.
Slurries.
Suspensions.
Management.
Storage.
Us Aec.
Materials.
Us Organizations.
Radioactive Wastes.
Radioactive Waste Storage.
Waste Management.
Waste Storage.
Ornl.
Us Erda.
Radioactive Materials.
Management Of Radioactive And Non-radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities.
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Summary:In 1943, six storage tanks were built at the Clinton Laboratories (later to become Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL)) to contain wastes generated by wartime research and development operations. During the following years, these tanks became an integral part of the ORNL waste system and accumulated approx. 1.5 x 10⁶ L (400,000 gal) of sludge containing radioactive wastes. Recently, over a period of approx. 18 months, these tanks were sluiced, the radioactive sludge resuspended, and the resuspended slurry pumped to the ORNL Hydrofracture Facility for underground disposal. In this paper, a summary of the development work is given, and the process design and constraints are described. The operating difficulties encountered and overcome included grinder blade erosion, malfunctioning instruments, pump suction plugging, and slurry settling. About 90% of the settled sludge (containing approx. 715,000 Ci) was removed from the system.
Item Description:Published through the Information Bridge: DOE Scientific and Technical Information.
01/01/1984.
"conf-841157-50"
"DE85005274"
Symposium on the scientific basis for nuclear waste management, Boston, MA, USA, 26 Nov 1984.
Lasher, L.C.; Weeren, H.O.; McDaniel, E.W.
Physical Description:Pages: 9 : digital, PDF file.

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