Mixed waste transportation: A case study

Conference · Mon Jun 01 04:00:00 EDT 1992

OSTI ID:6962248

Dilday, D R; Kramer, J F ^[1]

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1. Ecotek, Inc., Erwin, TN (United States)

Decontamination and Decommissioning (D D) activities at a DOE facility prescribed a test project which called for the treatment of DOE mixed waste at an off-site commercial treatment facility. A major activity during this project is the shipment of the mixed waste from the DOE facility to the commercial treatment facility located in another state. The US Department of Transportation (DOT) has primary responsibility for regulating the transport of all hazardous material, including hazardous waste and radioactive material. DOT Code of Federal Regulations, Title 49, regulates shippers and carriers and sets specifications for the transportation and packaging of hazardous waste and radioactive material. Note: Per DOT definitions, radioactive material is not a hazardous waste, but is a hazardous material. Associated issues for transport are described.

• Research Organization: Westinghouse Environmental Management Co. of Ohio, Cincinnati, OH (United States). Fernald Environmental Management Project; Ecotek, Inc., Erwin, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-86OR21600
• OSTI ID: 6962248
• Report Number(s): FEMP/SUB-050; CONF-920851--83; ON: DE93001258
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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