Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Author: Leland Johnson
Publisher: Univ. of Tennessee Press
Total Pages: 292
Release: 1994
Genre: History
ISBN: 9780870498541

Leland Johnson and Daniel Schaffer begin their narrative in 1943 when the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers built ORNL in the hills of East Tennessee to produce plutonium for atomic weapons. After World War II, ORNL became a center for fundamental scientific research under the successive management of the Atomic Energy Commission, the Energy Research and Development Administration, and the Department of Energy.

Approaches for the Remediation of Federal Facility Sites Contaminated with Explosive Or Radioactive Wastes

Approaches for the Remediation of Federal Facility Sites Contaminated with Explosive Or Radioactive Wastes
Author: Edwin Barth
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 138
Release: 1994-12
Genre: Science
ISBN: 9780788114601

Provides an overview of technical issues related to remediating soil & ground water contaminated with explosive & radioactive wastes at federal facility sites. Covers a range of sampling approaches & treatment technologies, both those that have been successfully demonstrated & applied & those that have not yet been successfully implemented. Includes operation of the technology; applications at the laboratory, bench, pilot, or field scale; & advantages & limitations of the technology. Over 100 charts, tables & drawings.