Proceedings from the Workshop on Phytoremediation of Inorganic Contaminants

Conference · Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 EST 2000

OSTI ID:761921

Brown, J T; Matthern, G; Glenn, A ^[1]; Kauffman, J ^[2]; Rock, S ^[3]; Kuperberg, M ^[4]; Ainsworth, C ^[5]; Waugh, J ^[6]

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1. INEEL
2. EnviroIssues
3. USEPA
4. Florida State U
5. PNNL
6. Roy F. Weston Assoc.

The Metals and Radionuclides Product Line of the US Department of Energy (DOE) Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area (SCFA) is responsible for the development of technologies and systems that reduce the risk and cost of remediation of radionuclide and hazardous metal contamination in soils and groundwater. The rapid and efficient remediation of these sites and the areas surrounding them represents a technological challenge. Phytoremediation, the use of living plants to cleanup contaminated soils, sediments, surface water and groundwater, is an emerging technology that may be applicable to the problem. The use of phytoremediation to cleanup organic contamination is widely accepted and is being implemented at numerous sites. This workshop was held to initiate a discussion in the scientific community about whether phytoremediation is applicable to inorganic contaminants, such as metals and radionuclides, across the DOE complex. The Workshop on Phytoremediation of Inorganic Contaminants was held at Argonne National Laboratory from November 30 through December 2, 1999. The purpose of the workshop was to provide SCFA and the DOE Environmental Restoration Program with an understanding of the status of phytoremediation as a potential remediation technology for DOE sites. The workshop was expected to identify data gaps, technologies ready for demonstration and deployment, and to provide a set of recommendations for the further development of these technologies.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Lab. (INL), Idaho Falls, ID (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE Office of Environmental Management (EM) (US)
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-99ID13727
• OSTI ID: 761921
• Report Number(s): INEEL/EXT-2000-00207; TRN: US0004913
• Resource Relation: Conference: Workshop on Phytoremediation of Inorganic Contaminants, Argonne, IL (US), 11/30/1999--12/02/1999; Other Information: PBD: 1 Feb 2000
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
MEETINGS
REMEDIAL ACTION
BIODEGRADATION
PLANTS
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
METALS
RADIOISOTOPES
SOILS
GROUND WATER
SURFACE WATERS
SEDIMENTS
INFORMATION NEEDS
REMEDIATION
RADIONUCLIDE
HAZARDOUS METAL
CONTAMINATION
GROUNDWATER
PHYTOREMEDIATION
INORGANIC CONTAMINANTS