DOE OSTI · 3018059
FY25 Task 5: Small-Scale Mixing
Abstract
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford Site has 177 underground storage tanks that contain a complex and diverse mix of chemical and radioactive wastes from past nuclear fuel reprocessing and waste management operations. The strategy of the DOE Hanford Field Office is to retrieve this waste, ~20 vol% of which is in the form of insoluble undissolved solids (UDS) or sludge, and treat it via immobilization at the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP). The diverse properties and characteristics of Hanford tank waste lead to major challenges related to its transport from the underground tanks to the WTP. These challenges, however, can be addressed by investigating the behavior of tank waste samples and simulant materials and evaluating their behavior against the capabilities of mixing and transport system designs that may be incorporated to retrieve and treat the waste.
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Bachman, Austin A. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)], Westesen, Amy M. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)], Daniel, Richard C. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000204317094), Burns, Carolyn A. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000274371889), Buck, Edgar C. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000151019084), Peterson, Reid A. [Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)] (ORCID:0000000333681896). 2025-10-01. FY25 Task 5: Small-Scale Mixing. https://doi.org/10.2172/3018059
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