International technology catalogue: Foreign technologies to support the environmental restoration and waste management needs of the DOE complex

Technical Report · Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/106514· OSTI ID:106514

Matalucci, R V ^[1]; Jimenez, R D; Esparza-Baca, C ^[2]

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1. ed.; Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (United States). International Programs Dept.
2. ed.; Applied Sciences Lab., Inc., Albuquerque, NM (United States)

This document represents a summary of 27 foreign-based environmental restoration and waste management technologies that have been screened and technically evaluated for application to the cleanup problems of the Department of Energy (DOE) nuclear weapons complex. The evaluation of these technologies was initiated in 1992 and completed in 1995 under the DOE`s International Technology Coordination Program of the Office of Technology Development. A methodology was developed for conducting a country-by-country survey of several regions of the world where specific environmental technology capabilities and market potential were investigated. The countries that were selected from a rank-ordering process for the survey included: then West Germany, the Netherlands, France, Japan, Taiwan, the Czech and Slovak Republics, and the Former Soviet Union. The notably innovative foreign technologies included in this document were screened initially from a list of several hundred, and then evaluated based on criteria that examined for level of maturity, suitability to the DOE needs, and for potential cost effective application at a DOE site. Each of the selected foreign technologies that were evaluated in this effort for DOE application were subsequently matched with site-specific environmental problem units across the DOE complex using the Technology Needs Assessment CROSSWALK Report. For ease of tracking these technologies to site problem units, and to facilitate their input into the DOE EnviroTRADE Information System, they were categorized into the following three areas: (1) characterization, monitoring and sensors, (2) waste treatment and separations, and (3) waste containment. Technical data profiles regarding these technologies include title and description, performance information, development status, key regulatory considerations, intellectual property rights, institute and contact personnel, and references.

• Research Organization: Sandia National Lab. (SNL-NM), Albuquerque, NM (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• DOE Contract Number: AC04-94AL85000
• OSTI ID: 106514
• Report Number(s): SAND-95-1758; ON: DE95017835; TRN: 95:022018
• Resource Relation: Other Information: PBD: Jul 1995
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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05 NUCLEAR FUELS
US DOE
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
REMEDIAL ACTION
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
GLOBAL ASPECTS
GLASS
MEASURING INSTRUMENTS
LEAK DETECTORS
ADSORPTION
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
INTERMEDIATE-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
BIODEGRADATION
DEHALOGENATION
SOILS
GROUND WATER
VITRIFICATION
SPENT FUELS
ION EXCHANGE
ELECTROLYSIS
SULFATE-REDUCING BACTERIA
SOLVENT EXTRACTION
DEGASSING
ALPHA-BEARING WASTES
SOLIDIFICATION
SEALING MATERIALS
CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
GROUTING
COMPILED DATA