Monthly Progress Report for Chemical Development Section B (October 1958)

Chemical Technology Division, Chemical Development Section B Montly Progress Report, April 1960

“…Synthetic Zirflex decladding waste was heated with Ca(0H) 2 to volatilize ammonia and reduce the volume before adding sand and cement. The final cake had 23$ less volumes than the original waste and a compression test strength of 4200 psi.…”

“…The breakthrough curve in Fig. 17 indicates a decontamination factor of 10 4 for Cs 1^ (99-99$ removal) for the passage of 2k liters, 1490 column volumes, of waste.…”

“…A sample of Duolite C-3 was treated with Cs , Ce , Sr 5 and mixed fission product tracer to be used in several elution studies. In the first run (Fig.…”

“…No loss in total capacity of the irradiated resin has been indicated by the titration method of analysis; but sulfur content analysis has indicated an apparent reduction in the sulfonic acid capacity of the resin. 2 …”