Nondestructive remote sensing of hazardous waste sites
- EnTech Engineering, Inc., St. Louis, MO (United States)
In the past, government and private industry have produced hazardous waste in ever increasing quantities. These untold millions of tons of environmentally dangerous wastes have been disposed of by undocumented burial, simple carelessness and purposeful abandonment. Society has recently dictated that before new construction may be initiated, these wastes must be found and cleaned up. The first step is to locate these undocumented waste depositories. The non-contact, nondestructive, remote sensing techniques, of Computer Enhanced Infrared Thermography and Ground Penetrating Radar, can be used to detect buried waste sites, buried tanks/pits, and tank/pit leak plumes. These technologies may be used from mobile vehicles, aerial platforms or man-portable systems and are able to cover tens or hundreds of acres per day when used in a combined format which includes rapid survey techniques, manual and automated data analysis. This relatively new combination of technologies, will be described by procedure and the use of case studies based upon over 10 years of successful projects.
- OSTI ID:
- 207988
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-9510265-; ISBN 1-57117-013-8; TRN: IM9616%%316
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 1995 American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT) fall conference and quality testing show, Dallas, TX (United States), 16-20 Oct 1995; Other Information: PBD: 1995; Related Information: Is Part Of ASNT 1995 fall conference and quality testing show: NDT -- The lone star of quality; PB: 204 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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