Nuclear Waste Management
Accomplishments of the Environmental Management Science Program
Published on 4. March 2010
Book
Hardback
368 pages
978-0-8412-3947-0 (ISBN)
Description
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is charged with cleaning up contaminated sites and disposing of radioactive waste remaining as an environmental legacy of former nuclear weapons development and production. Within the DOE, the Environmental Management Science Program (EMSP) has sought to advance scientific knowledge and technological solutions to significantly reduce environmental cleanup costs, schedules, and risks. This symposium series book presents leading-edge
research in the area of nuclear waste management conducted through the EMSP. The chapters are organized into four sections, focusing on (1) characterization, monitoring, and analysis techniques, (2) separations chemistry and technology, (3) facility inspection, decontamination, and decommissioning,
as well as materials science, and (4) modeling and waste treatment chemistries. The selected contributors invited from the overall DOE EMSP portfolio of 361 projects represent work being done across the country in universities and the Federally Funded Research and Development Centers.
research in the area of nuclear waste management conducted through the EMSP. The chapters are organized into four sections, focusing on (1) characterization, monitoring, and analysis techniques, (2) separations chemistry and technology, (3) facility inspection, decontamination, and decommissioning,
as well as materials science, and (4) modeling and waste treatment chemistries. The selected contributors invited from the overall DOE EMSP portfolio of 361 projects represent work being done across the country in universities and the Federally Funded Research and Development Centers.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Students and scholars of technology, nuclear energy.
Illustrations
6 halftones, 151 line illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
651 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8412-3947-0 (9780841239470)
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Persons
Paul W. Wang, Principal Technical Advisor, Concurrent Technologies Corporation, and Tiffany Zachry, Senior Technical Editor, Concurrent Technologies Corporation
Content
PREFACE ; OVERVIEW ; 1. Nuclear Waste Remediation: Accomplishments of the Environmental Management Science Program ; CHARACTERIZATION, MONITORING, AND ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES ; 2. Fluorophores as Chemosensors Based on Calix[4]arenes and Three Different Fluorescence Reporters ; 3. Spectroscopic Properties and Redox Chemistry of Uranium in Borosilicate Glass ; 4. Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS) of Uranyl-Humic Complexes Using a Silver-Doped Sol-Gel Substrate ; 5. Analysis of Electrochemical Impedance Data for Iron in Borate Buffer Solutions ; 6. Investigating Ultrasonic Diffraction Grating Spectroscopy and Reflection Techniques for Characterizing Slurry Properties ; 7. Novel Chemical Detection Strategies for TCE and PCE ; SEPARATIONS CHEMISTRY AND TECHNOLOGY ; 8. Separation of Fission-Products Based on Room-Temperature Ionic Liquids ; 9. Supercritical Fluid Extraction of Radionuclides - A Green Technology for Nuclear Waste Management ; 10 Fundamental Chemistry of the Universal Extraction (UNEX) Process for the Simultaneous Separation of Major Radionuclides (Cesium, Strontium, Actinides, and Lanthanides) from Radioactive Wastes ; 11. Dynamics of Switch-Binding by a Linear Ligand that Transforms to a Macrocycle upon Chelation to a Metal Ion: Synthesis, Kinetics, and Equilibria ; 12. Organofunctional Sol-Gel Materials for Toxic Metal Separation ; FACILITY INSPECTION, DECONTAMINATION, AND DECOMMISSIONING; MATERIALS SCIENCE ; 13. Investigation of Nanoparticle Formation during Surface Decontamination and Characterization by Pulsed Laser ; 14. Recent Progress in the Development of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide-Soluble Metal Ion Extractants ; 15. Investigation of SOMS and Their Related Perovskites ; MODELING AND WASTE TREATMENT CHEMISTRIES ; 16. Solubility of TcO2*xH2O(am) in the Presence of Gluconate in Aqueous Solution ; 17. Behavior of Technetium in Alkaline Solution: Identification of Non-Pertechnetate Species in High-Level Nuclear Waste Tanks at the Hanford Reservation ; 18. Effects of Sodium Hydroxide and Sodium Aluminate on the Precipitation of Aluminum Containing Species in Tank Wastes ; AUTHOR INDEX ; SUBJECT INDEX