Author: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Inspector GeneralPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous wastes
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Audit of Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Oversight of Low-level Radioactive Waste
Author: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Office of Inspector GeneralPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous wastes
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Audit of Nrc's Oversight of Low-Level Radioactive Waste
Author: CreateSpace Independent Publishing PlatformPublisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN: 9781722189464
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 30
Book Description
Audit of NRC's oversight of low-level radioactive waste
Low-level Radioactive Waste
Author: California. Bureau of State AuditsPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Low level radioactive waste disposal facilities
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Need for Greater Regulatory Oversight of Commercial Low-level Radioactive Waste
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radioactive wastes
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309164699
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
The largest volumes of radioactive wastes in the United States contain only small amounts of radioactive material. These low-activity wastes (LAW) come from hospitals, utilities, research institutions, and defense installations where nuclear material is used. Millions of cubic feet of LAW also arise every year from non-nuclear enterprises such as mining and water treatment. While LAW present much less of a radiation hazard than spent nuclear fuel or high-level radioactive wastes, they can cause health risks if controlled improperly. Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes asserts that LAW should be regulated and managed according to the degree of risk they pose for treatment, storage, and disposal. Current regulations are based primarily on the type of industry that produced the waste-the waste's origin-rather than its risk. In this report, a risk-informed approach for regulating and managing all types of LAW in the United States is proposed. Implemented in a gradual or stepwise fashion, this approach combines scientific risk assessment with public values and perceptions. It focuses on the hazardous properties of the waste in question and how they compare with other waste materials. The approach is based on established principles for risk-informed decision making, current risk-informed initiatives by waste regulators in the United States and abroad, solutions available under current regulatory authorities, and remedies through new legislation when necessary.
Need for Greater Regulatory Oversight of Commercial Low-level Radioactive Waste
Author: United States. General Accounting OfficePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radioactive wastes
Languages : en
Pages : 14
Book Description
Performance Audit Report
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Radioactive waste disposal
Languages : en
Pages : 51
Book Description
Women's Executive Leadership Program
Author: Urban Stormwater Management in the United States
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309125391
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 611
Book Description
The rapid conversion of land to urban and suburban areas has profoundly altered how water flows during and following storm events, putting higher volumes of water and more pollutants into the nation's rivers, lakes, and estuaries. These changes have degraded water quality and habitat in virtually every urban stream system. The Clean Water Act regulatory framework for addressing sewage and industrial wastes is not well suited to the more difficult problem of stormwater discharges. This book calls for an entirely new permitting structure that would put authority and accountability for stormwater discharges at the municipal level. A number of additional actions, such as conserving natural areas, reducing hard surface cover (e.g., roads and parking lots), and retrofitting urban areas with features that hold and treat stormwater, are recommended.
Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations
Author: National Research CouncilPublisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309168643
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 286
Book Description
Air Emissions from Animal Feeding Operations: Current Knowledge, Future Needs discusses the need for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to implement a new method for estimating the amount of ammonia, nitrous oxide, methane, and other pollutants emitted from livestock and poultry farms, and for determining how these emissions are dispersed in the atmosphere. The committee calls for the EPA and the U.S. Department of Agriculture to establish a joint council to coordinate and oversee short - and long-term research to estimate emissions from animal feeding operations accurately and to develop mitigation strategies. Their recommendation was for the joint council to focus its efforts first on those pollutants that pose the greatest risk to the environment and public health.