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Risk analysis of remediation technologies for a DOE facility. Master`s thesis

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:621460
The Department of Energy is responsible for selecting a remediation technology to cleanup the Waste Area Group (WAG) 6 site at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) in Kentucky. WAG 6 is contaminated with an uncertain amount of trichloroethylene (TCE) and technetium-99 (Tc-99). Selecting a remediation technology involves a certain degree of risk because many of these technologies are new or proven only for a specific type of contaminant or a particular set of site conditions. Differences between contaminant type and site conditions are enough to make the performance of a remediation technology uncertain. This research identifies the technological risks of two remediation technologies: Dynamic Underground Stripping (DUS) and In Situ Chemical Oxidation (ISCO). Risk is defined as the likelihood of undesirable events occurring during the implementation of a technology at WAG 6.
Research Organization:
Air Force Inst. of Tech., Wright-Patterson AFB, OH (United States). School of Engineering
OSTI ID:
621460
Report Number(s):
AD-A--342231/8/XAB; AFIT/GOR/ENS--98M-28
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English