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List of contents
Preface. The Introduction. Waste Management Trends: Introductory Vignettes (R.L. Jolley). The Overview. Overview of Waste Management and Environmental Restoration Programs at the Oak Ridge Complex (G.A. Smithwick, L.P. Duffy, and A.G. Croff). Multimedia Environmental and Biological Surveillance at the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site, Southeastern Washington (R.H. Gray). Problems with the Use of Developing Technologies at Hazardous Waste Sites (R.B. Pojasek). Effective and Safe Waste Management-A Regulator's Perspective (J.E. Orban). Public Interface and Waste Management Planning: An Approach for Integrating Community Involvement in Waste Strategies (P. Xiques). The Method. Structuring a Cost-Effective Site Characterization (B.A. Berven, C.A. Little, and R.E. Swaja). Remedial Investigation of a Superfund Site (J.L. Daniels, T. E. McKone, L.C. Hall, D.W. Layton, and K.T. Bogen). Developing Air Monitoring Plans for Hazardous Waste Disposal Facilities (N. Navarro and B. Quan). How Does One Develop the Right Quality Assurance Program for Waste Management Projects? (D. Hedges). Decision-Making Methodology for Management of Hazardous Waste (J.S. Philbin and R.M. Cranwell). Use of Pathways Analysis as a Tool for Effective and Safe Waste Management (D.W. Lee and D.C. Kocher). The Application. Waste Confinement Systems and Waste Form Durability (H.W. Godbee, A.L. Rivera, J.L. Kasten, R.L. Jolley, and O.U. Anders). Interpretation of Leaching Data for Cementitious Waste Forms Using Analytical Solutions Based on Mass Transport Theory and Empiricism (R.D. Spence, H.W. Godbee, O.K. Tallent, and C.W. Nestor, Jr.). The Development of Technologies for the Long-Term Containment of Low-Level Radioactive and Hazardous Wastes into Geologic Formations (T.F. Lomenick). The Monitoring. Misuse of Analytical Screening Tests in Environmental Investigations (G.E. Parris, J.M. Schreiber, and A.G. Miller). Methods for Sampling and Analyzing Vapor-Phase Mutagens and Other Volatile Toxic
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Robert L. Jolley, Rhoda G.M. Wang
Summary
Effective and safe waste management is dependent on the collaborative interaction of engineers, computer modeling specialists, toxicologists, risk assessment experts, soil scientists, biologists, geologists, chemists and professionals in many other disciplines