Quarterly progress report for the Chemical Development Section of the Chemical Technology Division: July--September 1996

This report summarizes the major activities conducted in the Chemical Development Section of the Chemical Technology Division at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) during the period July-September 1996. The report describes 12 tasks conducted in 4 major areas of research and development within the section. The name of a contact is included with each task in the report, and readers are encouraged to consult these individuals if they need additional information. The first major research area--Chemical Processes for Waste Management-- includes the following tasks: Comprehensive Supernate Treatment, Partitioning of Sludge Components by Caustic Leaching, Studies on Treatment of Dissolved MVST Sludge Using TRUEX Process, ACT*DE*CON{sup SM} Test Program, Hot Demonstration of Proposed Commercial Nuclide Removal Technology, Sludge Treatment Studies, and Development and Testing of Inorganic Sorbents. Within the third research area--Thermodynamics--efforts continued in the Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Energy-Related Materials task. The fourth major research area--Processes for Waste Management--includes work on these tasks: Ion-Exchange Process for Heavy Metals Removal, Hot Cell Cross-Flow Filtration Studies of Gunite Tank Sludges, and Chemical Conversion of Nitrate Directly to Nitrogen Gas: A Feasibility Study