United States Department of Energy/United States Environmental Protection Agency sewage sludge irradiation project
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; TRN: 82-016490
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: Arizona Water Pollution Control Association conference, Flagstaff, AZ, USA, 5 May 1982
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
RADIOSTERILIZATION
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
SEWAGE SLUDGE
CESIUM 137
IRRADIATION
MICROORGANISMS
MUNICIPAL WASTES
PATHOGENS
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
ALKALI METAL ISOTOPES
BETA DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
BETA-MINUS DECAY RADIOISOTOPES
CESIUM ISOTOPES
ISOTOPES
NUCLEI
ODD-EVEN NUCLEI
RADIOISOTOPES
SEWAGE
SLUDGES
STERILIZATION
WASTES
YEARS LIVING RADIOISOTOPES
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