Hydrogen generation rates in Savannah River Site high-level nuclear waste [electronic resource].
- Published
- Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy, 1992.
Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy. - Physical Description
- 6 pages : digital, PDF file
- Additional Creators
- Westinghouse Savannah River Company, United States. Department of Energy, and United States. Department of Energy. Office of Scientific and Technical Information
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- Summary
- High-level nuclear waste (HLW) is stored at the Savannah River Site (SRS) as alkaline, high-nitrate slurries in underground carbon steel tanks. Hydrogen is continuously generated in the waste tanks as a result of the radiolysis of water. Hydrogen generation rates have recently been measured in several waste tanks containing different types of waste. The measured rates ranged from 1.1 to 6.7 cubic feet per million Btu of decay heat. The measured rates are consistent with laboratory data which show that the hydrogen generation rate depends on the nitrate concentration and the decay heat content of the waste. Sampling at different locations indicated that the hydrogen is uniformly distributed radially within the tank.
- Report Numbers
- E 1.99:wsrc-ms--92-054
E 1.99: conf-920307--61
conf-920307--61
wsrc-ms--92-054 - Subject(s)
- Other Subject(s)
- Note
- Published through SciTech Connect.
04/01/1992.
"wsrc-ms--92-054"
" conf-920307--61"
"DE92011027"
Waste management `92,Tucson, AZ (United States),1-5 Mar 1992.
Walker, D.D.; Hobbs, D.T.; Bibler, N.E.; Norris, P.W.; Pucko, S.A.; d`Entremont, P.D. - Funding Information
- AC09-89SR18035
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