Mixed waste treatment at the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1988

OSTI ID:5096523

Larsen, M M; Hunt, L F; Sanow, D J

The Idaho Operations Office of the Department of Energy (DOE) made the decision in 1984 to prohibit the disposal of mixed waste (MW) (combustible waste-toxic metal waste) in the Idaho National Engineering Laboratory (INEL) low-level radioactive waste (LLW) disposal facility. As a result of this decision and due to there being no EPA-permitted MW treatment/storage/disposal (T/S/D) facilities, the development of waste treatment methods for MW was initiated and a storage facility was established to store these wastes while awaiting development of treatment systems. This report discusses the treatment systems developed and their status. 3 refs., 2 figs., 1 tab.

• Research Organization: EG and G Idaho, Inc., Idaho Falls (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-76ID01570
• OSTI ID: 5096523
• Report Number(s): EGG-M-31287; CONF-880201-34; ON: DE88007704
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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