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To To Where?

Reverse Osmosis

Now what???

Whole House Kinetic (KD (

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• contaminants. This "give and take" of

contaminants into harmless compone are transferred between molecules a are transferred between molecules, a harmful contaminants are changed in are electrochemically bound to the K

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Whole House Kinetic (KDF) ( )

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Uranium Abatement Concentration

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WHY S WHY S

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SOILS? SOILS?

Safe to transport Safe to transport ach ach Safe to transport Safe to transport Ease of final disposal Ease of final disposal Vitrification for added safety Vitrification for added safety

Research Lab

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Arroyo water after 10 hours

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LS 55 L i LS 55 Luminescen Allows measurment

• Uranium Nitrate or

Uranyl Nitrate Uranyl Nitrate UO2(NO3)2 • 6H2O

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ultraviolet light, U is visible as a faint green glow

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U l Nit t Uranyl Nitrate 100 ppm phosphorescing

ICP ICP- (Inductively Coupled Pla (Inductively Coupled Pla

• MS

MS asma asma – – Mass Spectrometer Mass Spectrometer

LC‐MS Gas Gas chromatogra – mass spectromete

Surface / Surface / Ana Ana Pore Size Pore Size lyzer lyzer

Handheld Handheld X Ray Fluorimeter X‐Ray Fluorimeter

Problem What we kno Quality assurance Q y Time Table Time Table Friends Friends C l i Conclusion

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Time Table

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