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Treatability Studies and Technology Evaluation

KEMRON’s Treatability Laboratory evaluates processes for the treatment of hazardous and low-level radioactive wastes. Our research and development personnel draw upon direct experience with full-scale treatment processes to ensure that laboratory conditions accurately simulate full-scale operating conditions. As an independent treatability lab, KEMRON does not sell or advocate any specific treatment technology or proprietary process. This allows us to provide unbiased testing and advice to clients seeking the most advantageous treatment technology for hazardous and low-level radioactive waste.

We have completed over 2,500 treatability studies for private and public sector clients including PRP committees, attorneys, environmental consultants, and governmental agencies. Our expertise in the treatability testing of liquid and solid hazardous waste is well known and we’ve been a major participant in the USEPA Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Program.

We have overseen numerous pilot-scale and full-scale remediation projects and use this expertise to design bench-scale testing and ensure that full-scale application is performed according to the treatability study results.

Treatability Studies Include:

Stabilization / Solidification / Immobilization
Oxidation Treatment
Electrochemical Reduction
Sludge Dewatering
Water Treatment
Column Studies
Biological Treatment (aerobic and anaerobic)
Incineration
Thermal Treatment
Soil Washing / Soil Flushing
Chemical Dehalogenation / Dechlorination

Representative Projects

Thermal Remediation Treatability Study, Americus, GA. KEMRON performed an in-situ thermal remediation treatability study for TerraTherm, Inc. on soil materials from a Manufactured Gas Plant (MGP) site located in Americus, Georgia. Read more

Low Level Radioactive Treatability Study for the US EPA, Atlanta, GA. KEMRON performed this study for the EPA’s Radiation Studies Branch to determine the effectiveness of both magnesium phosphate based cement and sulfo-aluminate based cement in stabilizing metals in a soil matrix. Read more

Solidification/Stabilization Treatabilty Study, Edgewater, NJ. Testing was conducted to determine potential reagents, and reagent addition rates capable of reducing the leachability of volatile, semivolatile, and inorganic constituents from the site materials as determined by the Synthetic Precipitation Leaching Procedure (SPLP). Read more

New Happenings

KEMRON is currently evaluating the effectiveness of Thermal Treatment on Acid Tar/Sludge. KEMRON has spent over the last year performing numerous and innovative testing on Acid Tar and Sludge from several locations across the Northeast.

KEMRON has been assisting clients implement the recommendations in the ITRC Development of Performance Specifications for Solidification/Stabilization in their treatability studies. These studies include testing using the new EPA emerging pre-method 1313, 1314, 1315, and 1316 leaching tests.

KEMRON is currently performing dewatering evaluations of low level RAD impacted soil, including magnetic separation of magnetite. The testing involves extensive characterization, settling rates, percent removal of heavy metals, elutriate analysis and evaluation of plate and frame technology using several different filter cloth media.