Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Air Monitoring Program design for the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant

Conference · Mon Dec 31 23:00:00 EST 1990

OSTI ID:5899722

Frank, L ^[1]; Crawley, M; Zimmer, R ^[2]

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1. Westinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM (USA). Waste Isolation Div.
2. IT Corp., Albuquerque, NM (USA)

The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Monitoring Program has been developed as part of the Department of Energy's (DOE's) No-Migration Variance petition submitted to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The program is designed to demonstrate that there will be no migration of hazardous chemicals past the unit boundary in concentrations which exceed any health-based standards. The monitoring program will use EPA compendium Method TO-14. Both air and carbon sorption media samples will be collected as part of the program. Eleven separate monitoring sites have been selected where both 24-hour integrated and 1-hour grab samples will be collected and analyzed for five target compounds. The bin-scale experimental test rooms will be configured with a gas collection manifold and an activated carbon sorption bed to remove VOCs before they can be emitted into the WIPP underground atmosphere. 10 refs., 4 figs., 7 tabs.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Electric Corp., Carlsbad, NM (USA). Waste Isolation Div.
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-86AL31950
• OSTI ID: 5899722
• Report Number(s): DOE/WIPP-90-023C; CONF-910270--56; ON: DE91011454
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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