Clean-Up of Former Soviet Military Installations: Identification and Selection of Environmental Technologies for Use in Central and Eastern Europe

ISBN-13: 9783642633614 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 250 str.

Roy C. Herndon; John E. Moerlins; J. Michael Kuperberg

Opis

A NATO Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) was conducted on June 21-23, 1994 in Visegnid, Hungary related to the clean-up of former Soviet military installation sites. This ARW included a technical site visit to the Komarom Base Site which is a former Soviet military installation in Hungary. During this three-day ARW, a strategy and set of recommendations were developed for selecting technologies and evaluating remediation as the economic and approaches for these sites. This strategy incorporated such critical issues financial conditions of the region, temporal considerations with regard to the urgency for which remedial actions are needed for these sites, the prioritization of resource allocations for site clean-up using risk-based considerations, and other crucial issues which will affect the implementation of remedial activities in the region. Approximately 40 invited experts, representing a number of different disciplines as well as both NATO and Cooperation Partner countries from the region, participated in this ARW. The types of former Soviet military installations in Central and Eastern Europe include: aircraft bases, fueling areas, maintenance and repair facilities, training grounds, non ammunition storage areas (for lubricants, chemicals, paints, equipment), ammunition storage areas, medical facilities, production facilities, and municipal facilities. Environmental contamination at these sites poses significant human health and environmental risks. Site contaminants include: solvents (e. g., BTEX), mineral oil hydrocarbons, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), chlorinated hydrocarbons, heavy metals, pesticides residues, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The primary environmental media adversely affected by these contaminants are soils, ground water and surface water."

Spis treści

Policy & Remediation Approaches.- Recommendations for Remediation Activities at Former Soviet Military Installations in Central and Eastern Europe.- Strategy for Identifying and Evaluating Site Remediation Approaches for Former Soviet Military Bases in Central and Eastern Europe.- Application of the Envirotrade Information System for the Cleanup of a Former Soviet Military Installation the Komárom Base Site, Hungary.- Human Health and Environmental Risks Associated with Contaminated Military Sites.- Selection of Remedial Options for Contaminated Sites.- Remediation Strategies for Contaminated (Former) Military Sites.- Technology Applications.- Innovative Characterization Technologies to Address Environmental Problems at U.S. Department of Energy Sites.- Selected Applications of Bioremediation in Hazardous Waste Treatment.- Bioremediation of Four Former Soviet Military Bases in Hungary: Experience Useful for Future Decision-Making.- Overview of Bioventing Technology for the Remediation of Petroleum Hydrocarbon Contamination.- Results of Remedial Technologies Applied at Vác-Máriaudvar, a Former Soviet Military Installation.- Innovative Remediation Technology for Contaminated Military Sites: A Canadian Perspective.- Country Summaries.- Biodegradation of Petroleum Hydrocarbons after the Departure of the Soviet Army.- Environmental Problems at Former Soviet Military Installations in the Czech Republic.- Environmental Problems at Military Installations in Germany.- Cleanup Strategies for U.S. Army, Europe, Military Bases.- Remediation from 1991 to 1994 of Environmental Damages Caused by the Soviet Troops.- Demonstrating Innovative Technologies at Abandoned Former Soviet Military Bases.- Environmental Problems at Former Soviet Military Bases in Hungary.- Environmental Contamination Problems at the Komárom Base Site.- Environmental Problems Associated with Former Soviet Military Installations in Poland.- Environmental Aspects of Reusing Former Soviet Army Bases in Slovakia.