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TECHNICAL SUMMARY OF ORD/NRMRL BIOREACTOR RESEARCH CRADA
Citation:
Carson*, D A. TECHNICAL SUMMARY OF ORD/NRMRL BIOREACTOR RESEARCH CRADA. Presented at RCRA National Meeting, Washington, DC, 1/15-18/02.
Description:
Conventional landfills have the primary goal of containing waste. While containment has proved effective, the need exists to devise a method of rapidly degrading the waste inside the landfill. One approach is the controlled introduction of liquids, usually the leachate collected from the waste itself, which has been called a "bioreactor." Under this controlled and accelerated degradation operational technique, long term environmental risks cold be significantly reduced. In addition to this primary benefit, the technique offers supplementary benefit in the form of early gas collection, additionally available landfill voluem, and the opportunity for reduced post-closure care requirements under RCRA. This presentation provides a summary of the background research performed over the last 15 years, details of ORD's primary effort into bioreactors, and identification of data and research needs.