Identification and assessment of site treatment plan implementation opportunities for emerging technologies
- Sandia National Labs., Germantown, MD (United States)
The Department of Energy (DOE), in response to the 1992 Federal Facility Compliance Act, has prepared Site Treatment Plans (STP) for the approximately 2,000 waste streams identified within its mixed waste inventory Concurrently, emerging mixed waste treatment technologies are in final development. This paper defines a three-phase process to identify and assess implementation opportunities for these emerging technologies within the STP. It highlights the first phase, functional matching of expected treatment capabilities with proposed treatment requirements. Matches are based on treatment type, regulated contaminant and waste matrix type, for both capabilities and requirements. Results identify specific waste streams and volumes that could be treated by each emerging technology. A study for Plasma Hearth Process, Delphi DETOX{sup sm}, Supercritical Water Oxidation and Vitrification shows that about 200,000 ml of DOE`s mixed waste inventory can potentially be treated by one or more of these emerging technologies. Actual implementations are small fractions of the treatable inventory. Differences between potential and actual implementations must be minimized to accrue optimum benefit from implementation of emerging or alternative treatment technologies. Functional matching is the first phase in identifying and quantifying benefits, addressing technology system and treatment issues, and providing, in part, the basis for STP implementation decisions. DOE, through EM`s Office of Technology Development, has funded this work.
- Research Organization:
- Lockheed Idaho Technologies Co., Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 240898
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-951209-; ON: DE96005882; TRN: 96:013557
- Resource Relation:
- Conference: 17. low-level radioactive waste management conference, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 12-14 Dec 1995; Other Information: PBD: [1995]; Related Information: Is Part Of Proceedings: 17th annual US Department of Energy low-level radioactive waste management conference; Lake, D. [ed.]; PB: 480 p.
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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