FY 1999 Cold Demonstration of the Multi-Point Injection (MPI ) Process for Stabilizing Contaminated Sludge in Buried Horizontal Tanks with Limited Access at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Savannah River Site

Abstract

Operations at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sites, such as Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and Savannah River Site (SRS), have generated a variety of waste streams that have resulted in releases to the environment. These releases have created areas or suspected areas of contamination and contaminated facilities that could contain hazardous, radioactive, and/or mixed wastes. As a result, these areas or facilities are subject to environmental assessments and possible restoration, primarily under the provisions of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). To reduce risks to human health and the environment and to comply with the requirements of the various environmental laws and regulations, multidisciplinary environmental restoration (ER) programs [which include remedial actions and decontamination and decommissioning and waste management programs] have been established to identify, characterize, and remediate sites and facilities at both ORNL and SRS. To coordinate and ensure compliance with the applicable laws and regulations, DOE, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regions, and the respective state environmental agencies have entered into Federal Facilities Compliance Agreements (FFCA) and/or Consent Agreements. The Environmental Management, Office of Technology Development, and other agencies provide needed technology development and demonstration support for ER programs. The work described in this report is an illustration of the cooperation between and among the DOE, Lockheed Martin Energy Research (LMER)--ORNL, Westinghouse--SRS, Bechtel Jacobs Company, and Ground Environmental Services, Inc., (GES), a small business technology provider.