Environmental, Health, and Safety Issues of Sodium-Sulfur Batteries for Electric and Hybrid Vehicles, Volume II: Battery Recycling and Disposal

Research output: NRELTechnical Report

Abstract

Recycling and disposal of spent sodium-sulfur (Na/S) batteries are important issues that must be addressed as part of the commercialization process of Na/S battery-powered electric vehciles. Part 1 of this report gives an overview of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and discusses RCRA regulations governing Na/S battery disposal (readers familiar with RCRA regulations may skippart 1 if they wish). Part 2 of this report contains a preliminary regulatory analysis for Na/S battery disposal.
Original languageAmerican English
Number of pages35
DOIs
StatePublished - 1992

NREL Publication Number

  • NREL/TP-262-4680

Keywords

  • disposal
  • electric vehicles
  • recycling
  • resources conservation and recovery act
  • sodium-sulfur batteries

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