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Title: Proceedings of the workshop on transite decontamination dismantlement and recycle/disposal

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OSTI ID:10115629

On February 3--4, 1993, a workshop was conducted to examine issues associated with the decontamination, dismantlement, and recycle/disposal of transite located at the US Department of Energy Fernald site near Cincinnati, OH. The Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP) is a Superfund Site currently undergoing remediation. A major objective of the workshop was to assess the state-of-the-art of transite remediation, and generate concepts that could be useful to the Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Co. (FERMCO) for remediation of transite. Transite is a building material consisting of asbestos fiber and cement and may be radioactively contaminated as a result of past uranium processing operations at the FEMP. Many of the 100 buildings within the former uranium production area were constructed of transite siding and roofing and consequently, over 180,000 m{sup 2} of transite must be disposed or recycled. Thirty-six participants representing industry, academia, and government institutions such as the EPA and DOE assembled at the workshop to present their experience with transite, describe work in progress, and address the issues involved in remediating transite.

Research Organization:
Fernald Environmental Restoration Management Corp., Cincinnati, OH (United States); Cincinnati Univ., OH (United States). Coll. of Engineering
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-92OR21972
OSTI ID:
10115629
Report Number(s):
FEMP/SUB-068; CONF-9302160-; ON: DE94005364; BR: 35EW00000/35EW20100; TRN: 94:005527
Resource Relation:
Conference: Workshop on issues at the Fernald Environmental Management project,Cincinnati, OH (United States),3-4 Feb 1993; Other Information: PBD: [1993]
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English