Basic Research Needs for Management and Disposal of DOE Wastes

Technical Report · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 EST 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5899572· OSTI ID:5899572

Grazis, Brenda M. ^[1]; Horwitz, E. Philip ^[1]; Schulz, Wallace W. ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
2. Westinghouse Hanford Co., Richland, WA (United States)

This document was chartered by the Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Energy Research. It identifies and describes 87 basic research needs in support of advanced technology for management and disposal of Department of Energy radioactive, hazardous chemical, and mixed wastes. A team of scientists and engineers from several DOE laboratories and sites, from academia, and from industry identified and described the basic research needs called out in this report. Special efforts were made to ensure that basic research needs related to management and disposal of any hazardous chemical wastes generated at nonnuclear DOE sites and facilities were properly identified. It is hoped that scientists in both DOE and nongovernment laboratories and institutions will find this document useful when formulating research efforts relevant to waste management and disposal. For management and disposal of DOE radioactive and mixed wastes, basic research needs are identified in nine separate action areas. Basic research needs for management and disposal of DOE hazardous chemical wastes are identified in five action areas. Sufficient description and background information are provided in the report for each particular research need to enable qualified and imaginative scientists to conceive research efforts and programs that will meet the need.

• Research Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research, Washington, DC (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Energy Research (ER)
• OSTI ID: 5899572
• Report Number(s): DOE/ER--0492T; ON: DE91012547
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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