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An Overview of In-Stu Treatability Studies at Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AlabamaMarshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) is located in Huntsville, Alabama (north-central Alabama), on approximately 1,840 acres near the center of the U.S. Army's Redstone Arsenal (RSA). MSFC is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) principal propulsion development center. Its scientists, engineers, and support personnel play a major role in the National Space Transportation System by managing space shuttle mission activities, including the microgravity laboratory. In addition, MSFC will be a significant contributor to several of NASA's future programs, including the Reusable Launch Vehicle (X-33), International Space Station, and Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility, as well as research on a variety of space science applications. MSFC has been used to develop, test and manufacture space vehicles and components since 1960, when civilian rocketry and missile activities were transferred from RSA to MSFC. In 1994, MSFC was placed on the National Priority List for the management of hazardous waste sites, under the requirements of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). One requirement of the CERCLA program is to evaluate the nature and extent of environmental contamination resulting from identified CERCLA sites, assess the public health and environmental risks associated with the identified contamination, and identify potential remedial actions. A CERCLA remedial investigation (RI) for the groundwater system has identified at least five major plumes of chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs) in the groundwater beneath the facility. These plumes are believed to be the result of former management practices at 14 main facility locations (termed "source areas") where CVOCs were released to the subsurface. Trichloroethene (TCE) is the predominant CVOC and is common to all the plumes. Perchloroethene (PCE) also exists in two of the plumes. In addition to TCE and PCE, carbon tetrachloride and 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane are contained in one of the plumes. The CVOCs are believed to exist as dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs) beneath many of the source areas.
Document ID
20010046963
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Preprint (Draft being sent to journal)
Authors
McElroy, Bill
(CH2M/Hill, Inc. Gainesville, FL United States)
Keith, Amy
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL United States)
Glasgow, J. K.
(CH2M/Hill, Inc. Huntsville, AL United States)
Dasappa, Srini
(CH2M/Hill, Inc. Atlanta, GA United States)
McCaleb, Rebecca
Date Acquired
August 20, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 2001
Subject Category
Inorganic, Organic And Physical Chemistry
Meeting Information
Meeting: Oxidation and Reduction Technologies for In-Situ Treatment of Soil and Groundwater
Location: Niagra Falls
Country: Canada
Start Date: June 26, 2001
End Date: June 29, 2001
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.

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