Mestre

DOE/EM-0496

In Situ Chemical
Oxidation Using
Potassium
Permanganate
Subsurface Contaminants
Focus Area

Prepared for

U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Environmental Management
Office of Science and Technology
September 1999

In Situ Chemical
Oxidation Using
Potassium
Permanganate
OST/TMS ID 167

Subsurface Contaminants
Focus Area

Demonstrated at
Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
Piketon, Ohio

Purpose of this document
Innovative Technology Summary Reports are designed to provide potential users with the information they need to quickly determine whether a technology would apply to a particular environmental management problem. They are also designed for readers who may recommend that a technology be considered by prospective users.
Each report describes a technology, system, or process that has been developed and tested with funding from DOE’s Office of Science and Technology (OST). A report presents the full range of problems that a technology, system, or process will address and its advantages to the
DOE cleanup in terms of system performance, cost, and cleanup effectiveness. Most reports include comparisons to baseline technologies as well as other competing technologies.
Information about commercial availability and technology readiness for implementation is also included. Innovative Technology Summary Reports are intended to provide summary information. References for more detailed information are provided in an appendix.
Efforts have been made to provide key data describing the performance, cost, and regulatory acceptance of the technology. If this information was not available at the time of publication, the omission is noted.
All published Innovative Technology Summary Reports are available on the OST Web site at http://ost.em.doe.gov under “Publications.”

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
1. SUMMARY

page 1

2. TECHNOLOGY DESCRIPTION

page 5

3. PERFORMANCE

page 7

4. TECHNOLOGY APPLICABILITY