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Method for treating mixed radioactive waste

  • US 5,745,861 A
  • Filed: 03/11/1996
  • Issued: 04/28/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/11/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for treating a mixed radioactive waste that includes a radioactive component and a dissolved salt component, comprising the steps of:

  • a) directing the waste through at least one ion-exchange medium that binds at least a portion of the radioactive component, thereby forming a liquid discharge stream that includes the dissolved salt component; and

    b) directing said liquid discharge stream into a molten bath that causes at least a portion of at least one dissolved salt component of the liquid discharge stream to be reductively vaporized and thereby form a gaseous discharge stream that includes at least one vaporized product.

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