Improving The Characterization And Treatment Of Radioactive Wastes For The Department Of Energy S Accelerated Site Cleanup Program

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Committee on Opportunities for Accelerating Characterization and Treatment of Waste at DOE Nuclear Weapons Sites
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2005-02-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309092999

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Improving the Characterization and Treatment of Radioactive Wastes for the Department of Energy's Accelerated Site Cleanup Program by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Committee on Opportunities for Accelerating Characterization and Treatment of Waste at DOE Nuclear Weapons Sites Pdf

The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (EM) directs the massive cleanup of more than 100 sites that were involved in the production of nuclear weapons materials during the Manhattan Project and the Cold War. This report offers suggestions for more effectively characterizing and treating the orphan and special-case wastes that are part of EM's accelerated cleanup program. It identifies technical opportunities for EM to improve the program that will save time and money without compromising health and safety. The opportunities identified include: making more effective use of existing facilities and capabilities for waste characterization, treatment, or disposal; eliminating self-imposed requirements that have no clear technical or safety basis; and investing in new technologies to improve existing treatment and characterization capabilities. For example, the report suggests that EM work with DOE classification officers to declassify, to the extent possible, classified materials declared as wastes. The report also suggests a new approach for treating the wastes that EM will leave in place after cleanup.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Committee on Opportunities for Accelerating Characterization and Treatment of Waste at DOE Nuclear Weapons Sites
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 84 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309181945

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Improving the Characterization and Treatment of Radioactive Wastes for the Department of Energy's Accelerated Site Cleanup Program by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Committee on Opportunities for Accelerating Characterization and Treatment of Waste at DOE Nuclear Weapons Sites Pdf

The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (EM) directs the massive cleanup of more than 100 sites that were involved in the production of nuclear weapons materials during the Manhattan Project and the Cold War. This report offers suggestions for more effectively characterizing and treating the orphan and special-case wastes that are part of EM's accelerated cleanup program. It identifies technical opportunities for EM to improve the program that will save time and money without compromising health and safety. The opportunities identified include: making more effective use of existing facilities and capabilities for waste characterization, treatment, or disposal; eliminating self-imposed requirements that have no clear technical or safety basis; and investing in new technologies to improve existing treatment and characterization capabilities. For example, the report suggests that EM work with DOE classification officers to declassify, to the extent possible, classified materials declared as wastes. The report also suggests a new approach for treating the wastes that EM will leave in place after cleanup.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Committee on Development and Implementation of a Cleanup Technology Roadmap
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-06-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309132312

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Advice on the Department of Energy's Cleanup Technology Roadmap by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Committee on Development and Implementation of a Cleanup Technology Roadmap Pdf

Beginning with the Manhattan Project and continuing through the Cold War, the United States government constructed and operated a massive industrial complex to produce and test nuclear weapons and related technologies. When the Cold War ended, most of this complex was shut down permanently or placed on standby, and the United States government began a costly, long-term effort to clean up the materials, wastes, and environmental contamination resulting from its nuclear materials production. In 1989, Congress created the Office of Environmental Management (EM) within the Department of Energy (DOE) to manage this cleanup effort. Although EM has already made substantial progress, the scope of EM's future cleanup work is enormous. Advice on the Department of Energy's Cleanup Technology Roadmap: Gaps and Bridges provides advice to support the development of a cleanup technology roadmap for EM. The book identifies existing technology gaps and their priorities, strategic opportunities to leverage needed research and development programs with other organizations, needed core capabilities, and infrastructure at national laboratories and EM sites that should be maintained, all of which are necessary to accomplish EM's mission.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Federal aid to energy development
ISBN : LOC:00145339091

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Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2006: Department of Energy, Environmental management and commercial waste management by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Committee on the Management of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored in Tanks at Three Department of Energy Sites
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2006-09-12
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309180146

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Tank Waste Retrieval, Processing, and On-site Disposal at Three Department of Energy Sites by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board,Committee on the Management of Certain Radioactive Waste Streams Stored in Tanks at Three Department of Energy Sites Pdf

DOE Tank Waste: How clean is clean enough? The U.S. Congress asked the National Academies to evaluate the Department of Energy's (DOE's) plans for cleaning up defense-related radioactive wastes stored in underground tanks at three sites: the Hanford Site in Washington State, the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, and the Idaho National Laboratory. DOE plans to remove the waste from the tanks, separate out high-level radioactive waste to be shipped to an off-site geological repository, and dispose of the remaining lower-activity waste onsite. The report concludes that DOE's overall plan is workable, but some important challenges must be overcomeâ€"including the removal of residual waste from some tanks, especially at Hanford and Savannah River. The report recommends that DOE pursue a more risk-informed, consistent, participatory, and transparent for making decisions about how much waste to retrieve from tanks and how much to dispose of onsite. The report offers several other detailed recommendations to improve the technical soundness of DOE's tank cleanup plans.

Author : International Atomic Energy Agency
Publisher : IAEA
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015068766214

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Strategy and Methodology for Radioactive Waste Characterization by International Atomic Energy Agency Pdf

Over the past decade significant progress has been achieved in the development of waste characterization and control procedures and equipment as a direct response to ever-increasing requirements for quality and reliability of information on waste characteristics. Failure in control procedures at any step can have important, adverse consequences and may result in producing waste packages which are not compliant with the waste acceptance criteria for disposal, thereby adversely impacting the repository. The information and guidance included in this publication corresponds to recent achievements and reflects the optimum approaches, thereby reducing the potential for error and enhancing the quality of the end product. -- Publisher's description.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : Federal aid to energy development
ISBN : MINN:31951D024802811

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Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2006 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Future Options for Management in the Nation's Subsurface Remediation Effort
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-27
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9780309278133

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Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Water Science and Technology Board,Committee on Future Options for Management in the Nation's Subsurface Remediation Effort Pdf

Across the United States, thousands of hazardous waste sites are contaminated with chemicals that prevent the underlying groundwater from meeting drinking water standards. These include Superfund sites and other facilities that handle and dispose of hazardous waste, active and inactive dry cleaners, and leaking underground storage tanks; many are at federal facilities such as military installations. While many sites have been closed over the past 30 years through cleanup programs run by the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. EPA, and other state and federal agencies, the remaining caseload is much more difficult to address because the nature of the contamination and subsurface conditions make it difficult to achieve drinking water standards in the affected groundwater. Alternatives for Managing the Nation's Complex Contaminated Groundwater Sites estimates that at least 126,000 sites across the U.S. still have contaminated groundwater, and their closure is expected to cost at least $110 billion to $127 billion. About 10 percent of these sites are considered "complex," meaning restoration is unlikely to be achieved in the next 50 to 100 years due to technological limitations. At sites where contaminant concentrations have plateaued at levels above cleanup goals despite active efforts, the report recommends evaluating whether the sites should transition to long-term management, where risks would be monitored and harmful exposures prevented, but at reduced costs.

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780309108218

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Science and Technology for DOE Site Cleanup by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board Pdf

The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management is developing a technology roadmap to guide planning and possible future congressional appropriations for its technology development programs. It asked the National Research Council of the National Academies to provide technical and strategic advice to support the development and implementation of this roadmap, specifically by undertaking a study that identifies principal science and technology gaps and their priorities for the cleanup program based on previous National Academies reports, updated and extended to reflect current site conditions and EM priorities and input form key external groups, such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Environmental Protection Agency, and state regulatory agencies. In response, this book provides a high-level synthesis of principal science and technology gaps identified in previous NRC reports in part 1. Part 2 summarizes a workshop meant to bring together the key external groups to discuss current site conditions and science and technology needs.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : LOC:00116510698

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A Review of Department of Energy's Radioactive High-level Waste Cleanup Programs by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Pdf

Author : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Deactivation and Decommissioning at Department of Energy Sites
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 148 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2001-08-31
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309183147

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Research Opportunities for Deactivating and Decommissioning Department of Energy Facilities by National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Board on Radioactive Waste Management,Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Deactivation and Decommissioning at Department of Energy Sites Pdf

When the Cold War abruptly ended, DOE halted most nuclear materials production. In 1995, Congress chartered DOE's Environmental Management Science Program (EMSP) to bring the nation's scientific infrastructure to bear on EM's most difficult, long-term cleanup challenges. The EMSP provides grants to investigators in industry, national laboratories, and universities to undertake research that may help address these cleanup challenges. On several occasions the EMSP has asked the National Academies for advice on developing its research agenda. This report resulted from a 15-month study by an Academies committee on long-term research needs for deactivation and decommissioning (D&D) at DOE sites.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1036 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1994-06
Category : Administrative law
ISBN : UIUC:30112059136538

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Federal Register by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 2984 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Energy development
ISBN : UCBK:C068752908

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Energy and Water Development Appropriations for 2000: Department of Energy fiscal year 2000 budget justifications by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 69 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2024-06-29
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428976689

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Nuclear waste further actions needed to increase the use of innovative cleanup technologies : report to congressional committees by Anonim Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Political Science
ISBN : PSU:000043034574

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Review of the Department of Energy's Deployment of DOE-funded Environmental Cleanup Technologies by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Pdf