Re: Mixed Waste Characterization

[c0etxlim@mrd42.mrd.usace.army.mil (Luke I. McCormick)]

 This is basically what I have been doing for the DOD and DOE for the last 
  couple of years.  Call me on a land line and I'll answer what questions
  I can.
  
  Luke McCormick
  US Army Corps of Engineers
  (402) 697-2589
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> Has anyone dealing with radioactive and mixed waste characterization
> come across guidance on characterizing hazardous constituents in
> large heterogeneous objects, possibly with inaccessible areas.  We are
> preparing to remediate an old radioactive waste landfill that was closed
> in the 1950's and there will be discarded test components, lab
> equipment, etc.  I would like to minimize the amount of mixed waste that
> we have to dispose of, due to the high cost, but haven't found guidance
> on proving that there are no RCRA constituents in (or on)  the
> heterogeneous waste forms.  As a note, we hope to dispose of the
> LLW at NTS (someday) and have virtually no process knowledge.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Craig D. Brown
>