Berkeley Pit systems configuration for resource recovery

Conference · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:491051

Powers, J; Luyendijk, R ^[1]; Mathur, J ^[2]; Ceci, V ^[3]; Eyman, D ^[4]

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1. Waste Policy Inst., Blacksburg, VA (United States)
2. Dept. of Energy, Germantown, MD (United States). Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management
3. BDM Federal, Gaithersburg, MD (United States)
4. Waste Policy Inst., Gaithersburg, MD (United States)

Surface and ground water contaminations are a major problem at Department of Energy (DOE) facilities and sites currently on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Priority List (NPL). This paper discusses a systematic approach to recover heavy metals-contaminated waters and to produce marketable products that are amenable to market drivers and optimization. This systems configuration is utilized to identify potential treatment processes, define process constraints, assemble treatment technologies for insertion into a logical and feasible order, and define technology deficiencies. The systems configuration displays conventional and novel technologies to be considered in combinations as well as individually, with respect to their technical feasibility, effectiveness, applicability to DOE and stakeholder needs, implementability, cost, regulatory acceptability and readiness for demonstration. The strategy addresses the innovative technologies being developed by DOE and integrating them with industry baseline technologies to solve the Berkeley Pit resource recovery problem. To offset the cost of resource recovery, the scope of this research includes the vision toward the recovery and marketability of the valuable mineral and water resources contained in the Berkeley Pit.

• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC01-93EW50512
• OSTI ID: 491051
• Report Number(s): CONF-9406250--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

32 ENERGY CONSERVATION, CONSUMPTION, AND UTILIZATION
MATERIALS RECOVERY
METALS
MONTANA
RESOURCE RECOVERY FACILITIES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PRODUCT UTILIZATION
WASTE WATER