Purex Plant flowsheet for high capacity study

摘要

This report contains a flowsheet which was prepared to serve as a guide for an engineering study to be made to determine the costs and revisions required to increase the capacity of the Purex Plant to a 4.0 capacity factor. The needs for such a study are outlined in documents HW-62952 (Ref. 1) and HW-63927 (Ref. 2), which include increased 100 Area production forecasts and maximizing Palm recovery by continuous recovery equipment as primary factors. The flowsheet, shown graphically on the flowsketch and specifically in tabular form under Table 1, is a ''best estimate'' of process conditions and modifications which will be in operation by the third quarter of FY 1962. The modifications included are: Formaldehyde Treatment of Concentrated Wastes -- IWW (Ref. 5 and 6); A Continuous Palm Recovery Cycle; A Palm Ion Exchange Purification and Loadout Facility (Ref. 3); Alkaline-Permanganate Washing of the No. 2 Organic System Solvent; and Rough-cut Fission Product Recovery and Shipping (Ref. 4). Since the fission product recovery and shipping operations do not effect the equilibrium conditions of the plant, they are not included in the flovsheet.