Bone char streams

Bone Char Decontamination of Mound Facility Waste Streams. Both bench and pilot plant scale studies have been performed to investigate the application and integration of bone char in schemes to remove alpha activity (238Pu, 239Pu, 233U) from various aqueous waste streams generated at the Mound Facility. These studies have culminated in installation and successful operation of a plant-size bone char column for tertiary treatment of the Mound Facility low-risk waste stream. Highlights of the Mound experience with bone char, based on results reported in part elsewhere, are briefly summarized in this paper. 

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