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SITE TECHNOLOGY CAPSULE: GEOSAFE CORPORATION IN-SITU VITRIFICATION (ISV) TECHNOLOGY
Citation:
SITE TECHNOLOGY CAPSULE: GEOSAFE CORPORATION IN-SITU VITRIFICATION (ISV) TECHNOLOGY. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., EPA/540/R-95/520a.
Description:
The Geosafe In Situ Vitrification Technology is designed to treat soils, sludges, sediments, and mine tailings contaminated with organic inorganic, and radioactive compounds. he organic compounds are pyrolyzed and reduced to simple gases which are collected under a treatment hood and processed prior to their emission to the atmosphere. norganic and radioactive contaminants are encapsulated in the molten soil which hardens to a vitrified mass similar to volcanic obsidian. his mobile technology was evaluated under the SITE Program on approximately 330 yd of contaminated soil at the Parsons Chemical site. emonstration results indicate that the cleanup levels specified by EPA Region V were met and that the vitrified foil did not exhibit leachability characteristics in excess of regulatory guidelines. rocess emissions were also within regulatory limits. he Geosafe ISV Technology was evaluated based on seven criteria used for decision-making in the Superfund Feasibility Study (FS) process. esults of the evaluation are summarized in Table 1.