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Senate confirms 3 FERC appointees
The U.S. Senate voted last week to put three new members on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, a bipartisan energy oversight board.
The chamber confirmed the nominations of Republican Lindsay See and Democrats David Rosner and Judy Chang. The votes on the nominations were 86–9, 68–26 and 63–33, respectively.
Edward W. Wilde, Christopher J. Berry, Mudlagiri B. Goli
Nuclear Technology | Volume 144 | Number 1 | October 2003 | Pages 141-143
Technical Note | Nuclear Plant Operations and Control | doi.org/10.13182/NT03-A3434
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A novel process is described that treats used heavy water moderator (D2O) contaminated with high concentrations of the neutron poison gadolinium nitrate, Gd(NO3)3. Gadolinium is removed by precipitation. The resultant precipitate, GdPO46H2O, represents an extremely rare compound of considerable potential value. The resultant supernatant consisting of residual nitrate, NaNO3 or KNO3, is less toxic and easier to process than the original waste. Thus, the alkali metal waste handling can be done with considerably less environmental concern. This waste can potentially be treated by a combination of electrochemical and biological methods.