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A Complete Remediation System for Uranium‐Contaminated Soils: Application to a Uranium‐Contaminated Site at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Author(s) -
Mason Caroline F. V.,
Lu Ningping,
Turney William R. J. R.,
Williams Matthew
Publication year - 1998
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.3440080310
Subject(s) - environmental remediation , uranium , contamination , environmental science , soil contamination , soil remediation , waste management , national laboratory , remedial action , soil water , engineering , engineering physics , materials science , metallurgy , soil science , ecology , biology
A description of a complete remedial scheme for a uranium‐contaminated site is presented. Results for the example site are discussed. Volume reduction for the contaminated soil was greater than 99 percent and secondary waste volumes were kept to a minimum. The stages of physical separation for radioactive segregation, and chemical separation and immobilization of soluble uranium are universally applicable to all uranium contaminated sites when tailored to specific site requirements. Discussion is presented for adaptation to different soil types and different chemical forms of uranium.