AN EVALUATION PROGRAM FOR RADIOACTIVE WASTE INCINERATION,

Abstract

A 50 lb/hr incinerator for the concentration of low-level radioactive combustible waste was designed and fabricated. This experimental unit was designed to investigate the effects of varying (1) the location, number, and orientation of overfire air inlets, (2) the inlet velocity and mass flow rate of primary and secondary combustion air, and (3) the auxiliary gas fuel supply to the primary and secondary combustion chambers. After optimum performance conditions are established, radioactive tracers will be utilized to evaluate the radiological limits of the unit, and actual radioactive waste will be incinerated. Experimental equipment will be eliminated in a final prototype design. Gas cleaning equipment, which will be required to maintain control of the release of radioactivity within federal regulations, will consist of conventionally manufactured stock items. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 1963
Accession Number
AD0415023

Entities

People

  • Richard Dennis
  • William Kyritsis

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chambers
  • Combustion
  • Combustion Chambers
  • Flow Rate
  • Mass Flow
  • Radioactive Pollutants
  • Radioactive Wastes
  • Radioactivity

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

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