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Argonne to investigate Pu chemistry to aid Hanford cleanup
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory are investigating the details of plutonium chemistry with the goal of aiding the cleanup of the Hanford Site in Washington state. For more than 40 years, reactors located at Hanford produced plutonium for America’s defense program, resulting in millions of gallons of liquid radioactive and chemical waste.
G. W. Hollenberg, T. Kurasawa, H. Watanabe, S. E. Berk, I. J. Hastings, J. Miller, Donald E. Baker, Roger E. Bauer, Raymond J. Puigh
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 15 | Number 2 | March 1989 | Pages 1349-1354
Tritium Technology | doi.org/10.13182/FST89-A39876
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An in situ tritium recovery experiment has been designed and is being fabricated for the irradiation of Li2O in the Fast Flux Test Facility, FFTF. Two in situ tritium recovery canisters will be irradiated with lithium atom burnups to 4%. One canister will provide fundamental data on tritium release as a function of temperature, gas composition, and flow rate. The other canister will contain solid pellet specimens with large (430°C) radial temperature gradients in order to provide integrated performance data.