Mixed-waste treatment -- What about the residuals? A comparative analysis of MSO and incineration
This report examines the issues concerning final waste forms, or residuals, that result from the treatment of mixed waste in molten salt oxidation (MSO) and incinerator systems. MSO is a technology with the potential to treat a certain segment of the waste streams at US Department of Energy (DOE) sites. MSO was compared with incineration because incineration is the best demonstrated available technology (BDAT) for the same waste streams. The Grand Junction Projects Office (GJPO) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) prepared this report for the DOE Office of Environmental Restoration (OER). The goals of this study are to objectively evaluate the anticipated residuals from MSO and incineration, examine regulatory issues for these final waste forms, and determine secondary treatment options. This report, developed to address concerns that MSO residuals present unique disposal difficulties, is part of a larger effort to successfully implement MSO as a treatment technology for mixed and hazardous waste. A Peer Review Panel reviewed the MSO technology in November 1991, and the implementation effort is ongoing under the guidance of the MSO Task Force.
- Research Organization:
- Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States); Rust Geotech, Inc., Grand Junction, CO (United States); USDOE Albuquerque Operations Office, NM (United States); USDOE Grand Junction Projects Office, CO (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC04-86ID12584
- OSTI ID:
- 171240
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/ID/12584--132; GJPO--114; ON: DE96003843
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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