Remediation of sites with mixed contamination of radioactive and other hazardous substances.
Contributors: International Atomic Energy Agency.
Series: Technical reports series -- no. 442.; Technical reports series (International Atomic Energy Agency) -- no. 442.
Publisher: International Atomic Energy Agency
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Vienna
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
Subjects: Hazardous waste site remediation.; Radioactive waste sites -- Cleanup.
Notes: "February 2006."

"STI/DOC/010/442."

Includes bibliographical references.

Also issued online.
Table of contents: title: 1. Introduction; title: 2. Types of sites, hazards, and contaminant behaviour; title: 3. Regulatory implications; title: 4. Implications for worker health and safety; title: 5. Implications for sampling and analysis; title: 6. Elements of the remediation process; title: 7. Technology evaluation and selection; title: 8. Monitored non-intervention; title: 9. Blocking of pathways; title: 10. Removal of the source term; title: 11. Ex situ treatment; title: 12. Summary and conclusions; title: annex I. Carbon tetrachloride case study (Hanford, WA, USA); title: annex II. Weldon Spring site remedial action project (Weldon Spring, MO, USA); title: annex III. Toxicity of some common contaminants.