Suggested Citation:"Executive Summary." National Research Council. 1996. The Potential Role of Containment-in-Place in an Integrated Approach to the Hanford Reservation Site Environmental Remediation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9533.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Barriers for confinement-in-place of buried waste have been used effectively in many environmental remediation activities. Numerous sites contaminated by buried or tank-stored radioactive waste, such as the Hanford Reservation, Richland, WA, that are being managed for remediation by the U.S. Department of Energy, will probably require some form of containment-in-place during their lifetime. This brief report recommends that containment-in-place technology be considered and evaluated on its technical, fiscal, environmental, and public health merits as a possible short- or long-term alternative for radioactive waste management. Such analyses should be conducted on a site-specific basis.
Suggested Citation:"Executive Summary." National Research Council. 1996. The Potential Role of Containment-in-Place in an Integrated Approach to the Hanford Reservation Site Environmental Remediation. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9533.
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