Solutions for Dioctyl Phthalate (DOP) tested high efficiency particulate air (HEPA) filters destined for disposal at Hanford, Washington

Conference · Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1992

OSTI ID:6846486

Gablin, K A

In January 1992, Argonne National Laboratory East, Environmental and Waste Management Program, learned that a chemical material used for testing of all HEPA filters at the primary source, Flanders Filter, Inc. in Washington, NC, was considered a hazardous chemical by Washington State Dangerous Waste Regulations. These regulations are under the jurisdiction of the Washington Administration Code, Chapter 173-303, and therefore directly under impact the Hanford Site Solid Waste Acceptance Criteria. Dioctyl Phthalate, DOP'' as it is referred to in chemical abbreviation form, is added in small test quantities at the factory, at three Department of Energy (DOE) operated HEPA filter test facilities, and in the installed duct work at various operating laboratories or production facilities. When small amounts of radioactivity are added to the filter media in operation, the result is a mixed waste. This definition would normally only develop in the state of Washington since their acceptance criteria is ten times more stringent then the US Environmental Protection Agencys' (US EPA). Methods of Processing will be discussed, which will include detoxification, physical separation, heat and vacuum separation, and compaction. The economic impact of a mixed waste definition in the State of Washington, and an Low Level Waste (LLW) definition in other locations, may lend this product to be a prime candidate for commercial disposal in the future, or a possible de-listing by the State of Washington.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 6846486
• Report Number(s): ANL/EWM/CP-78035; CONF-921137-6; ON: DE93004232
• Resource Relation: Conference: 14. low-level radioactive waste management conference, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 18-20 Nov 1992
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
AIR FILTERS
CHEMICAL WASTES
COMPACTING
DETOXIFICATION
MIXTURES
PHTHALIC ACID ESTERS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
DISPERSIONS
EQUIPMENT
ESTERS
FILTERS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION CONTROL EQUIPMENT
PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE PROCESSING
WASTES
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