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Texas-based WCS chosen to manage U.S.-generated mercury
A five-year, $17.8 million contract has been awarded to Waste Control Specialists for the long-term management and storage of elemental mercury, the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management announced on November 21.
W. M. Shu, I. Cristescu, R. Michling, D. Demange, R. S. Willms, M. Glugla
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 67 | Number 3 | April 2015 | Pages 563-566
Proceedings of TRITIUM 2013 | doi.org/10.13182/FST14-T80
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Three kinds of Pt-catalyzed zeolite were tested as candidates for isotopic exchange of highly tritiated water (HTW), and CBV 100 CY (Na-Y, Si/Al~5.0) shows the best performance. Small-scale tritium testing indicates that this method is efficient for reaching an exchange factor (EF) of 100. Full-scale non-tritium testing implies that an EF of 300 can be achieved in 24 hours of operation if a temperature gradient is applied along the column. For the isotopic exchange, deuterium recycled from the Isotope Separation System (deuterium with 1% T and/or 200 ppm T) should be employed, and the tritiated water regenerated from the Pt-catalyzed zeolite bed after isotopic exchange should be transferred to Water Detritiation System (WDS) for further processing.