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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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Tank Waste Pretreatment Processes
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- D. D. Walker, M. J. Barnes, C. L. Crawford, R. A. Peterson, R. F. Swingle, S. D. Fink
Pages 219-230
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- Mark L. Dietz, E. Philip Horwitz
Pages 231-243
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- Jack D. Law, Ken N. Brewer, Terry A. Todd, Lonnie G. Olson
Pages 245-253
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- Donald J. Wood, Jack D. Law, Terry A. Todd
Pages 255-267
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- James E. Miller, Norman E. Brown, James L. Krumhansl, Daniel E. Trudell, Rayford G. Anthony, C. V. Philip
Pages 269-286
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- Elizabeth A. Behrens, Paul Sylvester, Gina Graziano, Abraham Clearfield
Pages 287-299
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- Norman C. Schroeder, Susan D. Radzinski, Kenneth R. Ashley, Anh P. Truong, Patrycja A. Szczepaniak
Pages 301-320
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Tank Waste Immobilization Processes and Experience
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Front Matter
Pages 321-321
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- William M. Bennett, Herbert H. Elder
Pages 323-334
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- T. Michael Gilliam, Roger D. Spence
Pages 335-349
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- Nina Akgϋndϋz, Rod F. Gimpel, Donald Paine, Vernon H. Pierce
Pages 351-361
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- Connie A. Cicero-Herman, John C. Whitehouse, Steve R. Young, Donald L. Erich
Pages 363-377
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- Melissa G. Mesko, Delbert E. Day, Bruce C. Bunker
Pages 379-392
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- G. F. Piepel, P. Hrma, J. D. Vienna
Pages 393-402
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- W. J. O’Connell, W. L. Bourcier, J. Gansemer, T.-S. Ueng
Pages 403-412
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- Diana H. Bacon, B. Peter McGrail
Pages 413-423
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Process Control and Monitoring Technology
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Front Matter
Pages 425-425
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- R. L. Brodzinski, W. K. Hensley, E. A. Lepel, M. R. Smith
Pages 427-433
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- Tom D. Hylton, Marvin S. Anderson, David C. Van Essen, Charles K. Bayne
Pages 435-438
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- S. H. Sheen, H. T. Chien, A. C. Raptis
Pages 439-447
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