| Project Detail |
Argonne National Laboratory (ANL) will develop, produce, and test rotating packed bed contactors designed from the ground up for UNF reprocessing. The proposed PAcked Centrifugal Equipment for Radiochemical separations, PACERs, applies a centrifugal field to increase the efficiency of separations in packed beds and decrease the required packing volumes by more than 50% compared with state-of-the-art columns. PACERs could replace current CO2 and I2 off-gas scrubbing systems, pulsed columns, and ion exchange columns used for traditional gas-liquid, liquid-liquid, and solid-liquid separations, respectively. These compact, modular units will have lower installed costs than columns because of decreased material, manufacturing, and shielding requirements.
Potential Impact:
By enabling the secure and economical recycling of the nation’s inventory of LWR UNF, CURIE will have the following impacts: |
