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Title: Expedited site characterization. Innovative technology summary report

Abstract

Expedited Site Characterization (ESC) has been developed, demonstrated, and deployed as a new time-saving, cost-effective approach for hazardous waste site investigations. ESC is an alternative approach that effectively shortens the length of the assessment period and may significantly reduce costs at many sites. It is not a specific technology or system but is a methodology for most effectively conducting a site characterization. The principal elements of ESC are: a field investigation conducted by an integrated team of experienced professionals working in the field at the same time, analysis, integration and initial validation of the characterization data as they are obtained in the field, and a dynamic work plan that enables the team to take advantage of new insights from recent data to adjust the work plan in the field. This report covers demonstrations that took place between 1989 and 1996. This paper gives a description of the technology and discusses its performance, applications, cost, regulatory and policy issues, and lessons learned.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Dept. of Energy, Office of Science and Technology, Washington, DC (United States)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI Identifier:
350878
Report Number(s):
DOE/EM-0420
ON: DE99002653; IN: OST Reference No. 77; NC: NONE; TRN: AHC29921%%63
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Dec 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; 05 NUCLEAR FUELS; REMEDIAL ACTION; SITE CHARACTERIZATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; DATA ACQUISITION; DATA ANALYSIS; PLANNING; DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS; NUCLEAR FACILITIES; US DOE

Citation Formats

. Expedited site characterization. Innovative technology summary report. United States: N. p., 1998. Web. doi:10.2172/350878.
. Expedited site characterization. Innovative technology summary report. United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/350878
. 1998. "Expedited site characterization. Innovative technology summary report". United States. https://doi.org/10.2172/350878. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/350878.
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