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Title: Dredging as remediation for white phosphorus contamination at Eagle River Flats, Alaska

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:676164

The Eagle River Flats impact area is a Ft. Richardson Superfund site. It is a salt marsh that is contaminated with white phosphorus (WP), and remediation of sediments in permanently ponded areas may require dredging. A remotely piloted dredging system was designed, constructed, and deployed at the Flats as part of the overall site remediation feasibility study. Experience gained over two years of engineering study and contract operation indicates that, although feasible and effective, this alternative is slow, difficult, and very expensive.

Research Organization:
Cold Regions Research and Engineering Lab., Hanover, NH (United States)
OSTI ID:
676164
Report Number(s):
AD-A-354017/XAB; CRREL-98-5; TRN: 83280123
Resource Relation:
Other Information: PBD: Aug 1998
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English