The Savannah River integrated demonstration program

Technical Report · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5746258

Leakage of solvents (trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene) from an underground process sewer line has contaminated soils and underlying groundwaters at the Savannah River facility of the Department of Energy (DOE). This site was chosen for an experimental project, conducted as part of DOE's integrated demonstrated program for environmental remediation. The project demonstrated a new in situ remediation technology that has the potential to reduce clean-up costs and time. Known as in-situ air stripping, the new technology involves injection of air through underground horizontal wells to strip groundwater and soils of volatile organics; the resulting diffused air is collected, and the hazardous chemicals are removed to the surface for further processing. This brochure briefly describes the use of the integrated demonstration approach, and in-situ air stripping with horizontal wells as a viable new remediation method.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC09-89SR18035
• OSTI ID: 5746258
• Report Number(s): WSRC-MS-91-290-Draft; ON: DE92009587
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
REMEDIAL ACTION
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
SOLVENTS
LEAKS
REMOVAL
WELLS
FLUID INJECTION
CONTAMINATION
ETHYLENE
GROUND WATER
IN-SITU PROCESSING
SOILS
ALKENES
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROCESSING
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WATER
540250* - Environment
Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)