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 ContentsFront MatterExecutive Summary1 Introducution: DOE's Groundwater and Soil Contamination Problem2 The Changing Regulatory Environment3 Metal and Radionuclides: Technologies for Characterization, Remediation, and Containment4 DNAPLs: Technologies for Characterization, Remediation, and Containment5 DOE Remediation Technology Development: Past Experience and Future Directions6 Findings and RecommendationsAppendix A Facilities at which DOE is Responsible for Environmental CleanupAppendix B SCFA Technology Deployment ReportAppendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and StaffAppendix D AcronymsIndex