The scientist behind this work is Fluid Tech's Chief Technology Officer. Mark S. Denton authored this paper while at EnergySolutions, Inc. (the affiliation printed on the paper), before joining Fluid Tech. It is part of the published record behind Fluid Tech's ion-specific media and waste-stabilization approach. The summary below is for reference only; full details are in the cited paper. See Dr. Denton's full publication timeline →
01 Overview
Nukem Corporation (later EnergySolutions) was contacted in April 2007 about a novel approach to cleaning out a demineralizer vault containing sludges stored for some six years and poorly characterized. Located about 30 feet below the operating surface and containing a 10-foot-diameter demineralizer vessel, the project required an innovative cleanup solution. A separate article version of this work describes the electrocoagulation technique used to destabilize and flocculate the colloidal suspension so the solids separate from the slurry.
Summary written from the published abstract. It reproduces no proprietary data, methods, or results.
02 Why it matters
- Real plant, real sludge: a commercial-utility outage project, not a laboratory study.
- Electrocoagulation in practice: the same colloid-separation approach described in the SAFET™ paper, applied to a vault cleanup.
- Problem-solving on access-limited jobs: the kind of engineering Fluid Tech's consulting service offers.
03 Citation
Mark S. Denton, Kent Forrester (EnergySolutions); Miguel Azar, Tom Britt (Exelon Nuclear). New Generation Dresden NPP Demineralizer Vault Cleanup Project. (Paper 8377). WM2008 Conference, February 24–28, 2008, Phoenix, AZ. Full text (WM Symposia archive)
04 Related
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