Sandia National Laboratory, waste water

An SGS was used to segregate uranium-contaminated soil at the ER Site 16 Concrete Dump Site at the DOE s Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico. The actual cost of the full-scale remediation was 164,109, including 59,326 for mobilization, 57,770 for operations, and 47,013 for demobilization. Based on the 661.8 yd of soil processed, the unit cost of the operation was 236/yd. Site preparation, crane operation, oversight labor, health physics support, water supply, sample analysis, and waste disposal were not included in the actual or unit costs (D21040S, p. 74 D21233Z, pp. 12, 13). 

Rice SF, Steeper La Jenunesse RR. Destruction of representative Navy wastes using supercritical water oxidation. Sandia National Laboratory Report SAND4-88203, 1993. 

Johnston SC. Supercritical water oxidation of hazardous wastes. White Paper for Public Distribution, Sandia National Laboratories, Menlo Park, CA, 1990. 

The first large scale applications of solar waste water detoxification are being tested in the US and in Spain. Researchers of the Sandia National Laboratory are testing Ti02-suspensions in a plant in New Mexico, and various European groups are using the test center in Almeria in Spain. 

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