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Soil washing for volume reduction of radioactively contaminated soils
Author(s) -
Eagle Michael C.,
Richardson William S.,
Hay Scott S.,
Cox Clinton
Publication year - 1993
Publication title -
remediation journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.762
H-Index - 27
eISSN - 1520-6831
pISSN - 1051-5658
DOI - 10.1002/rem.3440030306
Subject(s) - environmental remediation , environmental science , contamination , soil water , context (archaeology) , soil contamination , volume (thermodynamics) , waste management , extraction (chemistry) , environmental chemistry , environmental engineering , soil science , chemistry , geology , engineering , ecology , paleontology , physics , chromatography , quantum mechanics , biology
The Office of Radiation and Indoor Air of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has demonstrated a soil washing plant for the treatment of radioactively contaminated soils from two Superfund sites in New Jersey. The plant employs unit operations that are widely used in the processing of minerals and coal. These operations were examined and tested to determine how they would apply to volume reduction of these contaminated soils. In this context, they are considered to be innovative candidates for remediation of other sites with large volumes of soil contaminated with low‐level radioactivity. Laboratory testing of soil characteristics and behavior in unit processes is used to assess the applicability of volume reduction/chemical extraction (VORCE) technology to specific sites.