Conceptual engineered cover design for the solar evaporation ponds at the Rocky Flats Plant
Conference
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OSTI ID:400708
- Parsons Environmental Services, Denver, CO (United States)
- EG and G Rocky Flats Plant, Golden, CO (United States)
The Rocky Flats Plant, located outside of Denver, Colorado, operated several lined Solar Evaporation Ponds (SEP) from 1953 until 1986 for the disposal of liquid radioactive and hazardous waste. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has signed an Interagency Agreement with the Colorado Department of Health and the US Environmental Protection Agency, agreeing to close the SEP through an Interim Measures/Interim Remedial Action accelerated program. The DOE is considered an alternative: to consolidate contaminated liner materials, debris, and soil media under an engineered cover. The regulatory agencies may approve this alternative if DOE demonstrates that it would protect human health and the environment for a 1,000-yr period as required by the Colorado hazardous landfill siting regulations. The DOE utilized research results from the Hanford and Los Alamos sites to design an engineered cover for the SEP that would fulfill the regulatory requirements. This paper presents the conceptual design of the engineered cover.
- OSTI ID:
- 400708
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-941124--; ISBN 0-935470-85-9
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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