ABSTRACT
Incineration has been used by industry since the 1930s to deal with “troublesome wastes” (Cudahy, 1999). At that time, it was developed as a permanent solution for organic industrial wastes that could not be discharged into streams and waterways without noticeable results. With that start, incineration became a process option for industrial wastes, municipal wastes, environmental restoration clean-ups, radioactive wastes, medical wastes, and virtually any organic material that represents an environmental hazard. This chapter section describes several conventional incinerator types, with emphasis on the special issues related to the treatment of radioactive and mixed wastes.
