DOE mixed wastes: What are they and where can thermal technologies be applied?

Abstract

The Mixed Waste Treatment Project (MWTP)has collected and analyzedmixed low-levelwaste data to assist in developingtreatmentcapabilityfor the U.S. Departmentof Energy's (DOE)wastes. Initialdata on the characteristicsof mixed waste was obtained from the Waste ManagementInformationSystem (WMIS) data base, and has been updated based on visits to DOE sites where most of the wastes are generatedand stored. T_e streams of interest to the MWTP have a c_rrent inventoryof about 70,000 m and a generationrate of about 7,700 m_/yr.