Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste

Microwave Spectroscopy for the Analysis of Absorption Properties of Treated Waste Rubber Aggregates

Muhammad Ateeq, Ahmed Senouci, Hassan Al-Nageim, and Ahmed Al-Shamma'a
This paper discusses for the first time the use of non invasive and non destructive Microwave Spectroscopy to analyze the effect of chemical treatment on the absorption properties of waste rubber aggregate material when it is reacted and heated with bitumen. Oxidation and cross-linking was used to t ... [Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000138] posted Mon Jan 16, 2012.

Desalinization of Kaolin Soil Using Radial Electromigration and Electroosmosis

Christopher Athmer, Chris Ruef, T. J. Jones, and Robert Wilkens
The storage and management of road salt piles can cause contamination of drinking water aquifers due to precipitation runoff that ultimately contaminates the groundwater. Such sites can be remediated using DC electric fields in conjunction with relatively inexpensive direct-push wells. When soil and ... [Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000137] posted Mon Jan 16, 2012.

Recovery of Uranium, Plutonium, and Neptunium from High-Level Waste (HLW) Solutions Prior to Actinide Partitioning

Neelam Kumari, P. N. Pathak, D. R. Prabhu, and V. K. Manchanda
The prior removal of uranium along with plutonium and neptunium from high-level waste (HLW) can simplify the subsequent actinide partitioning steps. In this context, extraction and stripping behavior of uranium, plutonium, and neptunium was investigated employing 1.1 M solutions of tri-n-butyl phosp ... [Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000136] posted Mon Jan 16, 2012.

Treatment of Pharmaceutical Wastewater by Electrochemical Method: Optimization of Operating Parameters by Response Surface Methodology

Abhijit M. Deshpande, Rama Kant, and Shanta Satyanarayan
The treatment of a high strength pharmaceutical wastewater (PW), has been carried out using two different electrochemical processes i.e., electrocoagulation (EC) using aluminium and electrooxidation (EO) using carbon electrode. For EC, the main object was to study the adsorption capacity of electro- ... [Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000133] posted Sat Dec 17, 2011.

Pilot-Scale Simulation of Landfill Bioreactor and Controlled Dumping of Fresh and Partially Stabilized Municipal Solid Waste in a Tropical Developing Country

M. Swati, O. P. Karthikeyan, Kurian Joseph, C. Visvanathan, and R. Nagendran
Four pilot-scale lysimeters were used to study the benefits of landfill operation with and without leachate recirculation in tropical weather conditions. Young and old landfills were simulated by filling lysimeters with a segregated fraction of fresh municipal solid waste (MSW) and MSW mined from an ... [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000081] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

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Abstract not available. [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000122] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Evaluation of Cement Hydration Properties of Cement-Stabilized Lead-Contaminated Soils Using Electrical Resistivity Measurement

Lei Chen, Yan-Jun Du, Song-Yu Liu, and Fei Jin
In this study, electrical resistivity was related to the fundamental geotechnical properties of cement solidified/stabilized heavy metalcontaminated soils. Lead-contaminated soils were artificially prepared with various concentrations and treated by portland cement Type I at three content levels. Th ... [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000073] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Experimental Studies on Heavy Metal Extraction from Contaminated Soil Using Ammonium Citrate as Alkaline Chelate during the Electrokinetic Process

Bala Ramudu Paramkusam, Rakesh Kumar Srivastava, and Shyam Bihari Dwivedi
Researchers have performed experimental studies using ammonium citrate (AC) during the electrokinetic (EK) remediation process for the extraction of cadmium (Cd) and copper (Cu) from the contaminated soil. They evaluated the efficiency of ammonium citrate by considering it as a washing solution and ... [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000057] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Sensitivity to Formation Porosity of Contaminant Transport from Nevada Test Site to Yucca Mountain

Jianting Zhu, Karl F. Pohlmann, Jenny B. Chapman, Charles E. Russell, Rosemary W. H. Carroll et al.
This study quantified the sensitivity of advective contaminant arrival time to the porosity of hydrogeologic units (HGUs) for groundwater transport from the Nevada Test Site (NTS) to the Yucca Mountain (YM) area in the United States. Advective arrival time of contaminants associated with underground ... [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000047] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Identification of Geologic Fault Network Geometry by Using a Grid-Based Ensemble Kalman Filter

Alexander Y. Sun
Discrete geologic features such as faults and highly permeable embedded channels can significantly affect subsurface flow and transport characteristics. Therefore, they must be properly identified, parameterized, and represented in subsurface simulation models. In this work, we use an improved ensem ... [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000072] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Special Section on Mass Transport and Environmental Risk Assessment

Ming Zhang
Abstract not available. [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000124] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Coupled Reactive Transport Model for Heat and Density Driven Flow in CO Storage in Saline Aquifers

Qi Li
In this paper, a novel reactive diffusion-convection transport model is proposed to investigate the flow during different CO trappings in deep saline aquifers. Dissolved and immiscible CO have trapping times ranging from 1 million to several million years. The mineral trapping has a much longer temp ... [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000084] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Metal Mobility and Fraction Distribution in a Multimetal Contaminated Soil Chemically Stabilized with Different Agents

Weihua Zhang, Lizhi Tong, Yuan Yuan, Luwen Zhuang, Hao Huang et al.
To investigate the efficiency of chemical stabilization on soil residuals after soil washing, laboratory batch experiments were performed on a clayish soil contaminated with Cu, Cr, Ni, Pb, Zn with lime, NaHPO, or a mixture containing FeSO under various concentrations. The instant and overall mobili ... [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000056] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Effects of Subsoil Hardpan on the Leaching of Zinc and Copper in Soils Amended with Swine Manure

Kei Asada, Hirotaka Saito, and Taku Nishimura
The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of subsoil hardpan on the leaching of zinc and copper fractions in soil amended with swine manure (SM plot) and chemical fertilizer (CF plot) for 13 years. Soil samples were taken from the layered soil profile from each plot to examine the ver ... [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000049] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Probability of Aluminum Toxicity from Bhandup Complex Water Treatment Plant, Mumbai: Case Study

Avick Sil, Kanchan Wakadikar, Sunil Kumar, S. P. M. Sivagami, Shalini Tandon et al.
Bhandup Complex water treatment plant located in Mumbai, India, supplies water to most of Mumbai. The plant receives raw water from Vehar Lake. Alum has been used as a coagulant in the treatment process for the past 27 years. The backwashed water from the plant is released into Vehar Lake, which car ... [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000064] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Transport and Deposition of Suspended Soil Colloids in Saturated Sand Columns

Anu Sharma, Ken Kawamoto, Per Moldrup, Lis Wollesen de Jonge, and Toshiko Komatsu
Understanding colloid mobilization, transport, and deposition in the subsurface is a prerequisite for predicting colloid-facilitated transport of strongly adsorbing contaminants and further developing remedial activities. This study investigated the transport behavior of soil-colloids extracted from ... [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000060] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Editor's Note

Rao Y. Surampalli
Abstract not available. [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000123] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Acid-Gas Storage in a Deep Saline Aquifer: Numerical Sensitivity Study to Evaluate Parameter and Model Uncertainty

Baozhong Liu, Ye Zhang, and Xu Zhang
A modeling study is conducted to evaluate the sensitivity of acid gas evolution in a deep saline aquifer to expected variations of multiple geologic and engineering variables. Relative permeability hysteresis, aquifer heterogeneity variance, formation water salinity, permeability of caprock and leak ... [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000061] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Gas Transport Parameters for Compacted Reddish-Brown Soil in Sri Lankan Landfill Final Cover

Praneeth Wickramarachchi, Kaushalya Ranasinghe, Shoichiro Hamamoto, Ken Kawamoto, Udeni P. Nawagamuwa et al.
Gas exchange through the compacted final cover soil at landfill sites plays a vital role for emission, fate, and transport of toxic landfill gases. This study involved measuring the soil-gas diffusivity (D/D, the ratio of gas diffusion coefficients in soil and free air) and air permeability (k) for ... [J. Hazard. Toxic Radioact. Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.1944-8376.0000078] published Tue Nov 1, 2011.

Powdered Activated Lemon Peels as Adsorbent for Removal of Cutting Oil from Wastewater

A. R. Tembhurkar and Radhika Deshpande
Batch adsorption studies were conducted to remove cutting oil from wastewater using activated lemon (Species: Citrus x Limon) peels. The effect of various important parameters namely pH, dose of adsorbent, contact time, mixing speed and initial oil concentration and their optimum conditions for maxi ... [Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000132] posted Mon Oct 3, 2011.

Alkaline Hydrolysis of Resin Based Combustible Cartridge Case and Application of Its Hydrolysate as Crop Fertiliser

Sultan S. Malik, Raj K. Pandey, Usha R. Nair, Sushma S. Adhav, U. Thanigai Velan et al.
Disposal of hazardous and toxic waste arising out of combustible cartridge cases (CCCs) based explosive munitions is an environmental issue of global concern. Large quantity of CCC waste is disposed off by open burning or detonation, as there is no viable waste disposal technology available at prese ... [Journal of Hazardous, Toxic, and Radioactive Waste doi:10.1061/(ASCE)HZ.2153-5515.0000131] posted Mon Oct 3, 2011.