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Title: U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Technology Development, mixed-waste treatment research, development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation

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OSTI ID:113068
 [1]; ;  [2]
  1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States). Mixed Waste Integrated Program
  2. Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)

Both chemically hazardous and radioactive species contaminate mixed waste. Historically, technology has been developed to treat either hazardous or radioactive waste. Technology specifically designed to produce a low-risk final waste form for mixed low-level waste has not been developed, demonstrated, or tested. Site-specific solutions to management of mixed waste have been initiated; however, site-specific programs result in duplication of technology development effort between various sites. There is a clear need for technology designed to meet the unique requirements for mixed-waste processing and a system-wide integrated strategy for developing technology and managing mixed waste. This paper discusses the US Department of Energy (DOE) approach to addressing these unique requirements through a national technology development effort.

DOE Contract Number:
AC05-84OR21400
OSTI ID:
113068
Report Number(s):
CONF-930906-; ISBN 0-7918-0691-X; TRN: 95:022369
Resource Relation:
Conference: `93 international conference on nuclear waste management and environmental remediation, Prague (Czech Republic), 5-11 Sep 1993; Other Information: PBD: 1993; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings of the 1993 international conference on nuclear waste management and environmental remediation. Volume 3: Environmental remediation and environmental management issues; Baschwitz, R.; Kohout, R.; Marek, J.; Richter, P.I.; Slate, S.C. [eds.]; PB: 919 p.
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English