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Title: Remediation of soil at nuclear sites

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OSTI ID:757439

As the major nuclear waste and decontamination and decommissioning projects progress, one of the remaining problems that faces the nuclear industry is that of site remediation. The range of contamination levels and contaminants is wide and varied and there is likely to be a significant volume of soil contaminated with transuranics and hazardous organic materials that could qualify as mixed TRU waste. There are many technologies that offer the potential for remediating this waste but few that tackle all or most of the contaminants and even fewer that have been deployed with confidence. This paper outlines the progress made in proving the ability of Supercritical Fluid Extraction as a method of remediating soil, classified as mixed (TRU) transuranic waste

Research Organization:
Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC07-99ID13727
OSTI ID:
757439
Report Number(s):
INEEL/CON-2000-00125; TRN: US0003443
Resource Relation:
Conference: Waste Management 2000 Symposia, Tucson, AZ (US), 02/28/2000--03/02/2000; Other Information: PBD: 28 Feb 2000
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English