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FIELD QUALITY CONTROL STRATEGIES ASSESSING SOLIDIFICATION/STABILIZATION
Citation:
Butler, S. M., E F. Barth*, AND J. J. Barich. FIELD QUALITY CONTROL STRATEGIES ASSESSING SOLIDIFICATION/STABILIZATION. Chapter 45, Gilliam, T.M., Wiles, C.C. (ed.), Stabilization and Solidification of Hazardous, Radioactive, and Mixed Wastes: 3rd Volume, ASTM STP 1240. ASTM International, W. Conshohocken, PA, , 685-690, (1996).
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Existing regulatory mobility reduction (leaching) tests are not amenable to real time quality control because of the time required to perform sample extraction and chemical analysis. This is of conccern because the leaching test is the most important parameter used to relate treated waste performance to public health and environmental protection goals. To help alleviate this problem, an integrated quality control approach is recommended in which the number of leaching tests performed is minimized and quality control is maintained by a program which includes monitoring material (reagent) quality and equipment calibration, personnel requirements, real time testing, pilot cell demonstrations, and early failure indicators.