Frozen soil barriers for hazardous waste confinement

Conference · Wed Dec 31 00:00:00 EST 1997

OSTI ID:576612

Dash, J G; Leger, R ^[1]; Fu, H Y ^[2]

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1. Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA (United States)
2. Univ. of California, Santa Barbara, CA (United States)

Laboratory and full field measurements have demonstrated the effectiveness of artificial ground freezing for the containment of subsurface hazardous and radioactive wastes. Bench tests and a field demonstration have shown that cryogenic barriers are impenetrable to aqueous and non aqueous liquids. As a result of the successful tests the US Department of Energy has designated frozen ground barriers as one of its top ten remediation technologies.

• Research Organization: US Department of Energy (USDOE), Washington DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 576612
• Report Number(s): CONF-970208-Proc.; ON: DE98001967; TRN: 98:005194
• Resource Relation: Conference: International containment technology conference and exhibition, St. Petersburg, FL (United States), 9-12 Feb 1997; Other Information: PBD: [1997]; Related Information: Is Part Of International Containment Technology Conference: Proceedings; PB: 1140 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

05 NUCLEAR FUELS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
POLLUTION CONTROL
CONTAINMENT
SOILS
FREEZING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REMEDIAL ACTION