Operable Unit 7-13/14 in situ thermal desorption treatability study work plan

Technical Report · Sat May 01 04:00:00 EDT 1999

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/752410· OSTI ID:752410

Shaw, P ^[1]; Nickelson, D; Hyde, R

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1. Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company

This Work Plan provides technical details for conducting a treatability study that will evaluate the application of in situ thermal desorption (ISTD) to landfill waste at the Subsurface Disposal Area (SDA) at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). ISTD is a form of thermally enhanced vapor vacuum extraction that heats contaminated soil and waste underground to raise its temperature and thereby vaporize and destroy most organics. An aboveground vapor vacuum collection and treatment system then destroys or absorbs the remaining organics and vents carbon dioxide and water to the atmosphere. The technology is a byproduct of an advanced oil-well thermal extraction program. The purpose of the ISTD treatability study is to fill performance-based data gaps relative to off-gas system performance, administrative feasibility, effects of the treatment on radioactive contaminants, worker safety during mobilization and demobilization, and effects of landfill type waste on the process (time to remediate, subsidence potential, underground fires, etc.). By performing this treatability study, uncertainties associated with ISTD as a selected remedy will be reduced, providing a better foundation of remedial recommendations and ultimate selection of remedial actions for the SDA.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory, Idaho Falls, ID (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-94ID13223
• OSTI ID: 752410
• Report Number(s): DOE/ID--13467
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
DEGASSING
DESTROY
HEATING
IDAHO NATIONAL ENGINEERING LABORATORY
IN SITU THERMAL DESORPTION (ISTD)
LANDFILL WASTE
OFF-GAS SYSTEM
OFF-GAS SYSTEMS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANICS
PERFORMANCE
RADIATION PROTECTION
RADIOACTIVE CONTAMINANTS
RADIOISOTOPES
REMEDIAL ACTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SOIL
TREATABILITY STUDY
VAPOR VACUUM EXTRACTION
VAPORIZE