The role of innovative remediation technologies
There are currently over 1200 sites on the US Superfund`s National Priorities List (NPL) of hazardous waste sites, and there are over 30, 000 sites listed by the Comprehensive Environmental Responsibility, Compensation and Liability Information System (CERCLIS). The traditional approach to remediating sites in the US has been to remove the material and place it in a secure landfill, or in the case of groundwater, pump and treat the effluent. These technologies have proven to be very expensive and don`t really fix the problem. The waste is just moved from one place to another. In recent years, however, alternative and innovative technologies have been increasingly used in the US to replace the traditional approaches. This paper will focus on just such innovative remediation technologies in the US, looking at the regulatory drivers, the emerging technologies, some of the problems in deploying technologies, and a case study.
- Research Organization:
- Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Management Operations
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC06-76RL01830
- OSTI ID:
- 10155352
- Report Number(s):
- EMO-SA-5006; CONF-9205184-1; ON: DE92015072
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Institute for International Research (IIR) environmental audits,Sydney (Australia),20-21 May 1992; Other Information: PBD: May 1992
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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