Feasibility of carbon foam-based sorbents for the abatement of gaseous mercury and iodine.

ABSTRACT: The U.S. Department of Energy Hanford Site in Washington State is in the process of commissioning the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant to process a portion of the 54 million gallons of radioactive and chemical waste from cold war weapon production. Technologies for the capture of volatile species of concern are still being assessed, and new methods and materials are developed as operational and flowsheet mission risks are identified. One such area still being assessed is the abatement efficacy of the Carbon Adsorber units to retain gaseous mercury and ¹²⁹I released during processing. It is challenging to predict the mercury chemistry due to the variability of the feed, and different methods/materials are required for the capture of gaseous Hg⁰ and Hg^II

SUBMITTER: Baskaran K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12421304 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature