Application of the observational approach to environmental restoration at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Conference · Wed Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:10178690

Garland, II, S. B. ^[1]; Holm, L. A. ^[2]; Riddle, S. P. ^[3]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
2. CH2M Hill, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
3. USDOE Oak Ridge Field Office, TN (United States)

Martin Marietta Energy Systems, Inc., (Energy Systems) manages the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for the US Department of Energy (DOE). Since ORNL`s beginning in the 1940`s, a variety of solid and liquid low-level radioactive waste, hazardous waste, and mixed waste has been generated. These wastes primarily have been disposed of on-site by shallow land burial, which has caused the contamination of soil, surface water, sediments, and groundwater. The Environmental Restoration Program (ERP) was initiated to remediate this legacy of contamination and to eliminate the associated risk to the public and the environment. In an effort to streamline the process and accelerate remediation activities, DOE, EPA, and TDEC agreed to utilize the Observational Approach in order to reduce time and cost and to use limited resources more effectively and efficiently. This paper briefly explains the Observational Approach, discusses its use in long-range planning and Remedial Investigations, and describes several specific applications.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 10178690
• Report Number(s): CONF-921029--4; ON: DE93000978
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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