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Surfactant-enhanced aquifer remediation at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant

Conference ·
OSTI ID:167177

Many DOE facilities are situated in areas of sand and gravel which have become polluted with dense, non-aqueous phase liquids or DNAPLs, such as chlorinated solvents, from the various industrial operations at these facilities. The presence of such DNAPLs in sand and gravel aquifers is now recognized as the principal factor in the failure of standard ground-water remediation methods, i.e., {open_quotes}pump-and-treat{close_quotes} operations, to decontaminate such systems. The principal objective of this study is to demonstrate that multi-component DNAPLs can be readily solubilized in sand and gravel aquifers by dilute surfactant solutions.

Research Organization:
INTERA, Inc., Austin, TX (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
DOE Contract Number:
AC21-92MC29111
OSTI ID:
167177
Report Number(s):
DOE/MC/29111--96/CO570; CONF-9510108--38; ON: DE96003695
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English