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No impact from Savannah River radioactive wasps
The news is abuzz with recent news stories about four radioactive wasp nests found at the Department of Energy’s Savannah River Site in South Carolina. The site has been undergoing cleanup operations since the 1990s related to the production of plutonium and tritium for defense purposes during the Cold War. Cleanup activities are expected to continue into the 2060s.
Masanori Takahashi, Tatsuo Izumida, Fumio Kawamura, Hideo Yusa
Nuclear Technology | Volume 92 | Number 2 | November 1990 | Pages 238-242
Technical Paper | Radioactive Waste Management | doi.org/10.13182/NT90-A34474
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Modeling was carried out on vapor-liquid equilibria of nitric acid containing highly concentrated fission product nitrates to simulate the evaporation characteristics of a reprocessing plant high-level liquid waste (HLLW) concentrator. Results obtained with the model verified its reliability for prediction of vaporliquid equilibria of nitric acid containing highly concentrated nitrates. The results compared well with experimental data obtained with a pilot plant for HLLW concentration (capacity of 40 dm3).
