Novel mass spectrometric instrument for gaseous and particulate characterization and monitoring. Technical progress report, July 1, 1993--September 30, 1993
The goals of the Office of Technology Development as outlined by the director of the Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Program (EM), Leo Duffy, in 1991 appropriations hearings include conducting an aggressive technology development program for waste management, waste minimization, waste treatment, storage and disposal of waste. This will be done through the development of more effective remediation technology to reduce occupational and public exposure. We are developing a method to monitor airborne emissions from the TSCA plant at Oak Ridge which will provide real-time, accurate, and inexpensive data on the emission of hazardous organic and inorganic chemicals in both gaseous and particulate form, and to assist DOE in maintaining its ambitious schedules and overcoming significant scientific limitations of its current monitoring technologies. In May 1988 under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) established a timetable remedial investigation/feasibility study, and a Federal Facility Agreement is being negotiated with the Environmental Protection Agency and the Tennessee Department of Health and Environment. As a result, work has begun on inactive waste sites at ORNL to excavate and isolate wastes in compliance with current standards. In addition, ORNL must comply with the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), which regulates generation, transportation, treatment, storage, and disposal of hazardous wastes and corrective action of releases to the environment of hazardous wastes from active facilities.
- Research Organization:
- SRI International, Menlo Park, CA (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- AC21-92MC29116
- OSTI ID:
- 10119379
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/29116-3606; ON: DE94005902; TRN: 94:001647
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Nov 1993
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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