Remediation of sites with mixed contamination of radioactive and other hazardous substances.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: International Atomic Energy Agency
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Vienna : International Atomic Energy Agency, [2006]
Series:Technical reports series (International Atomic Energy Agency) ; no. 442.
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Types of sites, hazards, and contaminant behaviour
  • 3. Regulatory implications
  • 4. Implications for worker health and safety
  • 5. Implications for sampling and analysis
  • 6. Elements of the remediation process
  • 7. Technology evaluation and selection
  • 8. Monitored non-intervention
  • 9. Blocking of pathways
  • 10. Removal of the source term
  • 11. Ex situ treatment
  • 12. Summary and conclusions
  • annex I. Carbon tetrachloride case study (Hanford, WA, USA)
  • annex II. Weldon Spring site remedial action project (Weldon Spring, MO, USA)
  • annex III. Toxicity of some common contaminants.