lllnillli---iiiiis IIIII_,IIII1II_II1-IIIII1___1 ._.:g:,;!,iii:! 5Z:RVigES 9!.,JI!L,90 PHI: 37 _, _,tetllitl_][tl.!t.,, .t!.,t:lll"_':tl_tlt_:D_; ff_r Pefi,t:_d,,_t_fillI thH_)_.,gh,Jm_e30., 1993 / (.• .:o_:l_._'a_::tNo. DI£-]:7C2]-92 ML..."_ "'1 9.46""T , X Office <'.,t"Fossi_I_!i'.n{:rgy P. O. Box g8(;',Col]i_l.sR'.rry l_,.uad [l:i.t;_,, ,.q.,.,:n:' t,_.,,,.,.._,.., ,,:,._f.R,,' :.,,,,_,.:.,,,,a.... .__...I.., _,.C_:,'r._t_,__;_:::.t:.rL..o""" _[ a.!;ldL..;', .ta_:.,, [.,.,.!.._._.y i. ., . 1.., ..... .. i_,' ' ,:t,:::,r'_,!:n:r!:i:_:'_'wT,_,"W_St:: V _iEI-!tit:__iilii,"I,,'.Ib'_... ()_i _u]'_,]"':_,.•. 'L:......:J..: DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DOCUMENT 1,9UNI.IMIT_-i_ ADMINISTRATIVE SUMMARY West Virginia University (WVU) and the U. S. DOE Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC) entered into a Cooperative Agreement on August 29, 1992 entitled "Decontamination Systems Information and Research Programs" (DOE Instrument No. : DE- FC21-92MC29467). Stipulated within the Agreement is the requirement that WVU submit to METC a series of Technical Progress Reports on a quarterly basis. This report comprises the third Quarterly Technical Progress Report for Year 1 of the Agreement. This report reflects the progress and/or efforts performed on the nine (9) technical projects encompassed by the Year 1 Agreement for the period of April ! through June 30, 1993. A. Administrative Action A Cooperative Agreement was established between WVU and METC in the Fall of 1992. The original Annual Research Plan consisted of six (6) WVU Research projects. NEPA approval for these projects were received by WVU in Mid-March 1993. At the request of METC a presentation, of these six projects, was scheduled for late May 1993, at which time comments and criticisms on these projects were noted. A project dealing with the remediation of soil at the Winfield (WV) Lock and Dam was formally approved, for 5 years, in April 1993. This project was also presented at the May 1993 review. A report on its progress is included in this Quarterly report. The project, which involves technology evaluations by BDM Federal, Inc.,was approved June 11, 1993. Additionally this project will provide a safety analysis of building B-17 at METC, which WVU has access to through a DOE CRADA. Due to the late start on this project, few details are contained in this Quarterly report. Another project, concerning soil remediation by steam reforming was approved in June 22, 1993. This work will be conducted by Manufacturing Technology Conversion, Inc. (MTCI) as a subcontractor. Some preliminary expenses have been allowed, but due to its late establishment, the report contained in this Quarterly is a general outlook of the project. On June 29, 1993, proposed Annual Projects for next year were submitted to METC. These will be evaluated for suitability and developed into our 1994 Annual Plan to be submitted next quarter. Permission was requested to replace Dr. Frank Saus as Principal Investigator with Dr. Raymond Lovett. B. PROJECT VARIANCES_'ACCOMPLISHMENTS AND PROBLEMS Experimental work is progressing on the six (6) WVU projects. There are currently no problems, but the projects are in the early stages due to the arrival of NEPA approval in March. A SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF THE STATE OF HAZARDOUS WASTE CLEAN-UP TECHNOLOGIES Quarterly Technical Progress Report for Period April 1 through June 30,1993 Work Performed Under Contract No.: DE-FC21-92MC29467 For U.S. Department of Energy Office of Fossil Energy Morgantown Energy Technology Center Morgantown, West Virginia By Mitchell T. Berg, Department of Industrial Engineering Brian E. Reed, Department of Civil Engineering Mo Gabr, Department of Civil Engineering West Virginia University Morgantown, West Virginia MASTEB July 1993 DISTRIBUTION OF THIS DOCUMENT IS UNLIMITEE_ < TABLE OF CONTENTS 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................. 1 2.0 BACKGROUND ......................................... 1 3.0 METHODOLOGY ........................................ 3 4.0 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION ............................... 4 5.0 CONCLUSION .......................................... 14 APPENDIX .................................................. 15 DISCLAIMER This report was prepared as an account of work sponsored by an agency of the United States Government. Neither the United States Government nor any agency thereof, nor any of their employees, makes any warranty,express or implied, or assumes any legal liability or responsi- bility for the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information, apparatus, product, or process disclosed, or represents that its use would not infringe privately owned rights. Refer- ence.here';nto any specific commercial product,process, or service by trade name, trademark, manufacturer, or otherwise does not necessarily constitute or imply its endorsement, recom- mendation, or favoring by the United States Government or any agency thereof. The views and opinions of authors expressed herein do not necessarily state or reflect those of the United States Governmentor any agency thereof. LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1: Division of technologies based on primary steps necessary for clean- Figure 2: Conceptual view of database construction in which the arrows indicate one path explored for the clean-up of 2,3,7,8- Tetmchlomdibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) ............................ 3 Figure 3: Classification of technologies into groups used to address combinations of different pollutants with different media. ............ 5 Figure 4: Components of database ................................. 9 iii _ 0" Cr_ _T 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It is estimated that over 3700 hazardous waste sites are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Energy (DOE). Over the next 30 years, the Department of Energy (DOE) is committed to bringing all its facilities into compliance with applicable Federal, State, and local environmental laws and regulations. To perform this clean-up effort in the most efficient manner at each site will require that DOE managers have access to all available information on pertinent technologies; i.e., to aid in maximum technology transfer. The purpose of this effort is to systematically develop a database of those currently available and emerging clean-up technologies. The development of a database of those currently available and emerging clean-up technologies is to be done in several phases: I) A systems approach, 2) data collection, and 3) software development. Although the project officially started October 1, 1992, our award did not arrive until December, 1992. Thus, our main effort in the first quarter was 1) the recruitment of graduate research assistants, 2) the organization of project responsibilities, and 3) the procurement of software. In the second quarter we have 1) began an initial screening of DOE hazardous waste sites, 2) developed a conceptual model to classify DOE hazardous waste problems, and 3) developed an initial formulation of the structure (or fields) of the database. In the third quarter a user interface was developed to input and retrieve data from the database. This user interface was coded in FOXPRO 2.5 for DOS. Using the conceptual model and the structure of the database developed in quarter II, the user interface allows a user to input, search, retrieve and print records from the database via a menu driven system. 2.0 BACKGROUND It is estimated that over 3700 hazardous waste sites are under the jurisdiction of the Department of Energy (DOE). These sites were primarily generated from 45 years worth of environmental pollution from the design and manufacture of nuclear materials and weapons, and contain numerous types of wastes including: 1) volatile, low-volatile and nonvolatile organics, 2) radionuclides (e.g., uranium, plutonium and cesium), 3) nonradioactive heavy metals (e.g., chromium, nickel, and lead), and 4) toxic chemicals. These contaminants affect several media including soils (saturated and unsaturated), groundwater, vegetation, and air. Numerous and diverse DOE hazardous waste sites can be enumerated from soils contaminated by organics such as trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE) at the Savannah River site to biota and vegetation contaminated by radionuclides such as radiocesium and radiostrontium at the Oak Ridge site. Over the next 30 years, the Depa_lment of Energy (DOE) is committed to bringing all its facilities into compliance with applicable Federal, State, and local environmental laws and regulations. This clean-up task is quite complex involving numerous sites containing various radioactive, organic and inorganic contaminants. To perform this clean-up effort in the most efficient manner at each site will require that DOE managers have access to i all available information on pertinent technologies, i.e., to aid in maximum technology transfer. The purpose of this effort is to systematically develop a database of those currently available and emerging clean-up technologies. The construction of a database of clean-up technologies requires a systematic development of those steps necessary to achieve clean-up objectives. These steps and associated technology groupings are given in Figure 1. F _ _ u m m l _ _ m _ I mmm 7 1 I Site characterizationI I ! I ' - I I Contaminant risk / I I assessment r I=,,..sitemeetsregulations_ Politlca_ I _ | I J - _ -_- .L._.E.c°n°mic I technologiesE_1Xtracti°n iI_ Social I ._./Treatment I I L technologies I I I I j - I I _] technologieDisposal s I L.__. I Figure 1" Division of technologies based on primary steps necessary for clean-up