In situ vitrification; An innovative thermal treatment technology

Conference · Thu Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1987 · Proceedings, Annual Meeting, Air Pollution Control Association; (USA)

OSTI ID:5066547

Fitzpatrick, V F; Timmerman, C L; Buelt, J L ^[1]

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1. Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA)

As management of hazardous materials gains increased attention in the United States, new and more effective technologies are being sought to immobilize and/or destroy the wastes, either in situ for previously disposed wastes or at the waste generation site. The new Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments (HSWA) 1984 and the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA) 1986, combined with proposed rule making by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is making landfill disposal very costly and is moving in a direction that will severely limit future land disposal. Further, the extended liability associated with future environmental impairment provides a significant corporate incentive to dispose and delist wastes within the plant or waste site boundary. The authors discuss a remedial action process for contaminated soils that is potentially significant in its application to these concerns. Although the process was initially developed to provide enhanced isolation to previously disposed radioactive wastes, recent tests have shown that many hazardous chemical wastes are also destroyed or immobilized as a result of the treatment. The process, in situ vitrification (ISV), was originally developed for the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and is more recently being adapted for selected commercial clients for hazardous wastes.

• OSTI ID: 5066547
• Report Number(s): CONF-870695-; CODEN: PRAPA; TRN: 90-006180
• Journal Information: Proceedings, Annual Meeting, Air Pollution Control Association; (USA), Vol. 1; Conference: 80. annual meeting of the Air Pollution Control Association, New York, NY (USA), 21-26 Jun 1987; Other Information: Technical Paper 87-24.7; ISSN 0193-9688
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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