United States Department of Energy/United States Environmental Protection Agency sewage sludge irradiation project

Conference · Fri Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1982

OSTI ID:5296351

Yeager, J G; McMullen, W H

The mission of the United States Department of Energy Beneficial Uses of Nuclear Byproducts Program is to identify and encourage the development of technology that uses radioactive byproducts from US defense nuclear programs to provide alternative solutions to major national problems. A major project in the Beneficial Uses Program is the Sewage Sludge Irradiation Project. The technology for this project was developed at Sandia National Laboratories and uses the radioactive byproduct cesium-137 to reduce pathogenic microorganisms in sewage sludge to levels where reuse of the sludge product in public areas meets current regulatory criteria for protection of the public health. A large-scale pilot plant is currently in operation and full-scale demonstrations of the technology are also planned.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (USA); Department of Energy, Albuquerque, NM (USA). Albuquerque Operations Office
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-76DP00789
• OSTI ID: 5296351
• Report Number(s): SAND-82-0948C; CONF-820584-1; ON: DE82016722
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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