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Reduction Of Pertechnetate From Off-Gas Condensate Using Aged Zero-Valent Iron As A Reducing Agent, Abraham T. Gebru

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The Hanford site located in Washington State was one of the major nuclear processing facilities in the U.S. where plutonium was produced between the 1940s and the 1980’s. As a result of this forty yearlong production, approximately 53 million gallons of radioactive waste was generated and currently stored in 177 single and double shelled underground tanks. There were around 60 major and minor leaking incidents in the tanks through the years. These leaking incidents were wakeup calls to a search for an effective long term disposal solution. This paper will concentrate on the low activity waste (LAW), specifically the radioactive …