(353d) Implementating Remediation Technology at a Superfund Site

Over the last 20 years, researchers at the University of Kentucky have been working to develop and implement membrane based remediation technologies for applications to TCE and PCB contamination at the Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant (PGDP) in western Kentucky.  The PGDP was built in the early 1950s for the purpose of providing enriched uranium as part of the country's nuclear energy and weapons program.  Following the initial discovery in 1988 of TCE and Technetium-99 contamination in nearby drinking water wells,  US EPA placed the PDGP on the Superfund National Priorities (NPL) list on May 31 1994.  Extensive PCB contamination was also discovered at the site.  This paper will provide an overview of some of the challenges associated with implementing novel remediation technologies at a NPL Superfund site along with some of the lessons learned from this experience.