Solid-waste impacts of increased coal utilization
This report identifies the solid-waste-management problems of the coal fuel cycle, with particular emphasis on mining waste, coal ash, and scrubber sludge disposal. A coal-utilization scenario prepared for an analysis of the Administration's National Energy Plan is used to identify issues, impacts and constraints in the mining, electric-utility, and industrial sectors. Waste management and disposal in the utility sector is judged as a tractable issue that would not significantly impede increased coal utilization given proper environmental engineering input to site selection and waste management practice, albeit at some cost due to other recently enacted Federal Legislation, particularly the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the 1977 Clean Air Act Amendments. In the industrial sector, a number of potental institutional and environmental problems are identified that pose significant constraints to increased coal utilization.
- Research Organization:
- Brookhaven National Lab., Upton, NY (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC02-76CH00016
- OSTI ID:
- 6050957
- Report Number(s):
- BNL-24786; ON: DE81030495
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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