Abstract:Under contract to Fluor Hanford (FH), Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) directed laboratory, bench-scale, and pilot-scale vendor testing to evaluate the use of commercial gravity mineral concentration technology to remove and concentrate uranium metal from Hanford K Basin sludge. Uranium metal in the sludge corrodes by reacting with water to generate heat and hydrogen gas, and may constrain shipment and disposal of the sludge to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) as remotehandled transuranic (RH… Show more
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