This Critical Review reviews the origin and chemical and rheological complexity of
radioactive waste at the US Department of Energy Hanford Site. The waste, stored in …

Aluminum hydroxide (Al (OH) 3, gibbsite) dissolution and precipitation processes in alkaline
environments play a commanding role in aluminum refining and nuclear waste processing …

The characterization of prenucleation species is essential to understand crystallization
mechanisms across many chemical systems and often involves the use of vibrational …

Liquid Hanford nuclear wastes are highly concentrated caustic aqueous electrolyte
solutions. They contain elevated dissolved aluminum concentrations compared to simple …

Despite widespread industrial importance, predicting metal solubilities in highly
concentrated, multicomponent aqueous solutions is difficult due to poorly understood ion …

Gibbsite [Al (OH) 3] and boehmite (AlOOH) have long been assumed to be the most
prevalent aluminum-bearing minerals in Hanford high-level nuclear waste sludge. The …

Although it is well known that aqueous electrolyte solutions behave non-ideally, few are so
non-ideal that adding an electrolyte to a saturated solution with a common ion enhances …

The solubility relations and water activities in NaNO3, NaNO2, and NaOH solutions are used
in many applications, including the management of alkaline high-level nuclear waste. Only …

The solubility of aluminum in Hanford nuclear waste impacts on the processability of the
waste by a number of proposed treatment options. For many years, Hanford staff has …

The Hanford Site near Richland, WA, has 177 high-level nuclear waste tanks containing 56
million gallons of waste derived from nuclear fuel reprocessing. The site is removing waste …