Abstract
Mixed Waste is various forms of waste that are contaminated by both hazardous and radioactive constituents. It includes mixed low-level waste (MLLW) and mixed Transuranic (fRU) waste. Department of Energy (DOE) faces major technical challenges in the management of low-level radioactive mixed waste. Several conflicting regulations, together with a lack of definitive mixed waste treatment standards hamper mixed waste treatment and disposal. Disposal capacity for mixed waste is also expensive and severely limited. DOE spends millions of dollars annually to store mixed waste because of the lack of accepted treatment technology and disposal capacity. In addition, currently available waste management practices require extensive, and hence costly waste characterization before disposal. DOE is pursuing technology that will lead to better and less expensive characterization, retrieval, handling, treatment, and disposal of mixed waste.
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