A complete remediation process for a uranium-contaminated site and application to other sites
During the summer of 1996 the authors were able to test, at the pilot scale, the concept of leaching uranium (U) from contaminated soils. The results of this pilot scale operation showed that the system they previously had developed at the laboratory scale is applicable at the pilot scale. The paper discusses these results, together with laboratory scale results using soil from the Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP), Ohio. These FEMP results show how, with suitable adaptations, the process is widely applicable to other sites. The purpose of this paper is to describe results that demonstrate remediation of uranium-contaminated soils may be accomplished through a leach scheme using sodium bicarbonate.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos National Lab. (LANL), Los Alamos, NM (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Assistant Secretary for Management and Administration, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 350843
- Report Number(s):
- LA-UR-98-4035; CONF-9810138-; ON: DE99002600; TRN: AHC29921%%27
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 14. annual conference on contaminated soils, Amherst, MA (United States), 19-22 Oct 1998; Other Information: PBD: [1998]
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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