US Department of Energy, Office of Technology Development, mixed-waste treatment research, development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation

Conference · Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1993

OSTI ID:6812151

Berry, J B; Backus, P M; Conley, T B ^[1]; Coyle, G J; Lurk, P W; Wolf, S M ^[2]

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1. Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
2. USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

Department of Energy (DOE) mixed waste is contaminated with both chemically hazardous and radioactive species. The DOE is responsible for regulating radioactive species while the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responsible for regulating hazardous species. Dual regulations establish treatment standards and therefore affect the treatment technologies used to process mixed waste. This duality is reflected in technology development initiatives. Significant technology development has been conducted for either radioactive or hazardous waste, but limited technology development, specifically addressing mixed waste treatment issues, has been completed. Technology has not been designed, developed, demonstrated, or tested to produce a low-risk final waste form that increases the probability that the final waste form will be disposed.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 6812151
• Report Number(s): CONF-930205-17; ON: DE93007862
• Resource Relation: Conference: Waste management '93, Tucson, AZ (United States), 28 Feb - 4 Mar 1993
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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