Innovative environmental monitoring technologists developed by the Department of Energy
- BDM Federal, Inc., Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
- Department of Energy, Germantown, MD (United States). Office of Environmental Management
The US Department of Energy (DOE) is required to characterize approximately 3,700 contaminated sites, 1.5 million barrels of stored waste, 385,000 m{sup 3} of high-level radioactive waste in tanks, and between 1,700 and 7,000 facilities before site remediation, waste treatment, and facility deactivation and decontamination (D and D) operations commence. Specifically, characterization technologies are being developed to address five major problem areas: mixed waste treatment, facility D and D, mapping and treatment of contaminant plumes in soil and groundwater, landfill stabilization, retrieval and remediation, and retrieval and treatment of high-level radioactive waste from underground storage tanks. DOE`s Office of Technology Development (OTD) within the Office of Environmental Management is entirely focused on projects to address these five areas.
- OSTI ID:
- 205319
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-951139--
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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