Firm contracts for treatability tests on contaminated soils
Geosafe Corporation, a Pacific Northwest-headquartered hazardous waste remediation company, announced that is has successfully completed treatability testing of contaminated soils under contract with Woodward Clyde Consultants of Denver, Colorado, the prime contractor for a major hazardous waste site in the Western United States. The tests are being conducted at the University of Washington with Geosafe's specially-designed test equipment. The recently concluded testing confirms the ability of Geosafe's patented in situ vitrification (ISV) technology to treat soils containing a variety of organic and inorganic contaminants. ISV, for which Geosafe has worldwide rights, is the only technology available today that will fully comply with the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act. The ability of ISV to treat mixtures of organic, inorganic and radioactive wastes in situ, in a single process, offers distinct advantages over excavation, transportation and incineration. During the ISV process, organic contaminants are pyrolized and the inorganics present are chemically incorporated into the molten soil which, when cooled, resembles naturally-occurring obsidian.
- OSTI ID:
- 7169451
- Journal Information:
- JAPCA, the International Journal of Air Pollution Control and Hazardous Waste Management; (USA), Vol. 39:8; ISSN 0894-0630
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
REMOVAL
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
SOILS
DECONTAMINATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
LAND POLLUTION
MATERIALS RECOVERY
REMEDIAL ACTION
SUPERFUND
WASTE DISPOSAL
CLEANING
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RECOVERY
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
540220* - Environment
Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
540230 - Environment
Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)