Physical Properties of Hanford Transuranic Waste

[摘要] The research described herein was undertaken to provide needed physical property descriptions of the Hanford transuranic tank sludges under conditions that might exist during retrieval, treatment, packaging and transportation for disposal. The work addressed the development of a fundamental understanding of the types of systems represented by these sludge suspensions through correlation of the macroscopic rheological properties with particle interactions occurring at the colloidal scale in the various liquid media. The results of the work have advanced existing understanding of the sedimentation and aggregation properties of complex colloidal suspensions. Bench scale models were investigated with respect to their structural, colloidal and rheological properties that should be useful for the development and optimization of techniques to process the wastes at various DOE sites.

[发布日期] 2010-03-25

[学科分类] 物理（综合）

[关键词] OPTIMIZATION;PACKAGING;PARTICLE INTERACTIONS;PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;SCALE MODELS;SEDIMENTATION;SLUDGES;TANKS;WASTES