Groundwater and Soil Cleanup

This book presents a comprehensive, up-to-date review of technologies for cleaning up contaminants in groundwater and soil. It provides a special focus on three classes of contaminants that have proven very difficult to treat once released to the subsurface: metals, radionuclides, and dense nonaqueous-phase liquids such as chlorinated solvents. Groundwater and Soil Cleanup was commissioned by the Department of Energy (DOE) as part of its program to clean up contamination in the nuclear weapons production complex. In addition to a review of remediation technologies, the book describes new trends in regulation of contaminated sites and assesses DOE's program for developing new subsurface cleanup technologies. Table of Contents Front Matter Executive Summary 1 Introducution: DOE's Groundwater and Soil Contamination Problem 2 The Changing Regulatory Environment 3 Metal and Radionuclides: Technologies for Characterization, Remediation, and Containment 4 DNAPLs: Technologies for Characterization, Remediation, and Containment 5 DOE Remediation Technology Development: Past Experience and Future Directions 6 Findings and Recommendations Appendix A Facilities at which DOE is Responsible for Environmental Cleanup Appendix B SCFA Technology Deployment Report Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Staff Appendix D Acronyms Index