ESTIMATION OF SECONDARY WASTE LOADS GENERATED DURING ENVIRONMENTAL RESTORATION ACTIVITIES

The US Department of Energy's (DOE's) Environmental Restoration (ER) p rogram is responsible for remediating thousands of contaminated sites across the DOE complex. A major concern during remediation is the seco ndary waste generated as a result of ER site remediation. The treatmen t, storage and disposal (TSD) of secondary waste generated as a result of ER site remediation is the responsibility of the waste management (WM) program. In order to manage TSD operations on ER generated waste, WM needs accurate and consistent estimates of the volume of secondary waste generated. This paper discuss three remedial processes and pres ents estimates of waste volumes generated during these processes.