The scientist behind this work is Fluid Tech's Chief Technology Officer. Mark S. Denton authored this paper while at RWE NUKEM Corporation (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
This paper presents a process used to help nuclear power plant clients resolve some of their more challenging wastewater-processing issues. These issues may become more evident during outage conditions, in part because decontamination activities can cause off-normal chemical conditions.
Summary written from the published abstract. It reproduces no proprietary data, methods, or results.
02 Why it matters
- Outages are when media fail: chelants, decon chemicals, and surges change the water. Media selected for normal operation may not cope.
- A downselect method, not a single product: match the medium to the stream by testing.
- Seen again at Salem in 2023: FHA and WTZ® 100 were run on the same cobalt stream and compared, and FHA performed best.
03 Citation
Mark S. Denton, William D. Bostick. Downselect Ion Specific Media (ISM) Utilization in Upset and Outage Conditions. (ICEM2007-7187). 11th International Conference on Environmental Remediation and Radioactive Waste Management, Bruges, Belgium, September 2–6, 2007. DOI: 10.1115/ICEM2007-7187
04 Related
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