Hazardous and radioactive waste treatment technologies handbook

✍ Scribed by Chang H. Oh

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 2001
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 732
• Series: The mechanical engineering handbook series
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Many books have been written on hazardous waste and nuclear waste separately, but none have combined the two subjects into one single-volume resource. Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Treatment Technologies Handbook covers the technologies, characteristics, and regulation of both hazardous chemical wastes and radioactive wastes. It provides an overview of recent waste technologies.A reference for scientists and engineers, the handbook focuses on waste-related thermal and non-thermal technologies, separation techniques, and stabilization technologies. It includes information on the DOE and DOD waste matrix located at various sites. It reveals current R&D activities in each technology and what improvements can be made in the future. A detailed schematic diagram illustrates each technology so that the process can be explicitly understood. In addition, the handbook covers relative life-cycle cost estimates for treatment systems using various technologies.With contributions from an international panel and extensively peer-reviewed, Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Treatment Technologies Handbook provides the latest information on waste remediation technologies and related regulations. Often in the field you will encounter more than one type of hazardous waste. This handbook gives you the design information you need to decide which technology to use and how to design the equipment for your particular needs. You can then incorporate appropriate technologies into a mixed waste treatment system.

✦ Table of Contents

Hazardous and Radioactive Waste Treatment Technologies Handbook......Page 1
Dedication......Page 4
Preface......Page 5
Acknowledgments......Page 6
Editor-in-Chief......Page 7
Contributors......Page 8
Reviewers......Page 12
Table of Contents......Page 16
Contents......Page 0
Introduction......Page 711
Standard Cost Factors......Page 712
Facility Subsystems......Page 713
Cost Comparisons......Page 716
Effects of Changes in Subsystem Costs......Page 719
Operating Efficiency......Page 720
Facility Capacity and Treatment Schedule......Page 723
Effect of Present Value Analysis......Page 724
Effect of Stabilization Processes and Final Waste Form Volume......Page 725
Effects of Radionuclide Concentration......Page 728
Waste Container Size......Page 729
Summary......Page 730
Defining Terms......Page 731
References......Page 732