SRNL program successfully demonstrates fractional crystallization

A testing program at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Savannah River National Laboratory is providing insights into how Fractional Crystallization (FC) – a process similar to that used to purify table salt – could be used to separate the radioactive waste in the underground tanks at DOE’s Hanford Site into High Level Waste (HLW) and Low Activity Waste (LAW) streams.  In a large-scale pilot test, using non-radioactive simulants of the Hanford waste, SRNL successfully demonstrated FC’s effectiveness. >>MORE