Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Cleaning Up the Department of Energy's Nuclear Weapons Complex
Author: Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 102
Book Description
Cleaning Up the Department of Energy's Nuclear Weapons Complex
Author: Elizabeth PinkstonPublisher:
ISBN: 9780788108952
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Examines the key issues that bear on the potential costs of the Dept. of Energy's cleanup program. Covers: understanding risks, setting priorities, weighing benefits and costs, deciding when to clean up, and more. Includes profile of major facilities and remedial action programs; description of specific integrated demonstrations and estimates of savings; and the acquisition process for a major weapon system. Charts and tables.
Cleaning Up the Department of Energy's Nuclear Weapons Complex
Author: Publisher:
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Category : Nuclear weapons plants
Languages : en
Pages : 78
Book Description
Department of Energy's Nuclear Weapons Complex Cleanup Program
Author: United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural ResourcesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Long-Term Stewardship and the Nuclear Weapons Complex
Author: Katherine N. ProbstPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1135893136
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 72
Book Description
Decades of U.S. nuclear weapons production have exacted a heavy environmental toll. The Department of Energy estimates that cleaning up waste and contamination resulting from production activities will cost over $150 billion. Yet even once that money is spent, these sites will need long-term attention to assure protection of human health and the environment. In the authors' words, stewardship refers to 'institutions, information, and strategies needed to ensure protection of people and the environment, both in the short and the long term.' Probst and McGovern make a compelling case for establishing a formal program of long-term stewardship for contaminated sites. Their report details the requirements of a successful stewardship program and discusses the daunting technical and political challenges facing such efforts, including the designation of an institutional home for key stewardship functions. The legacy of environmental damage is considerable; hazardous waste disposal, radioactive waste, and contaminated facilities are among the problems that will remain after DOE cleanup efforts are complete. Stewardship planning, according to Probst and McGovern, must start now.
Complex Cleanup
Author: Hazards Ahead
Author: Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 9780788101212
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Examines risks workers might face in cleaning up contamination at the Nuclear Weapons Complex. Evaluates the effectiveness of the Energy Dept's. occupational safety and health programs for cleanup workers. Photos.
Cleaning Up America's Nuclear Weapons Complex
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Category : Nuclear weapons
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
The creation of atomic weapons and the buildup of the Cold War nuclear arsenal in America has left an environmental cleanup legacy of enormous cost and scope -- it is the largest environment cleanup program in the world. 2 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), which is responsible for the cleanup of America's nuclear weapons complex, estimates the total cost of the cleanup over several decades at $264 billion. DOE's recent annual budgets for the cleanup have averaged about $6 billion --four times the size of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund program. The program involves more than 100 sites, although about 16 large sites in 13 states are of primary concern. Over the past 16 years, states have been working jointly with DOE to complete cleanup of the nuclear weapons complex in a way that protects the citizens, workforce, and environment in and around the sites. However, despite some notable accomplishments and successes, a number of issues between the states and DOE persist, and hurdles to timely and effective cleanup remain.
Modernizing and Cleaning Up DOE's Nuclear Weapons Complex
Author: Keith O. FultzPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Nuclear facilities
Languages : en
Pages : 21
Book Description
Nuclear Waste Cleanup Technologies and Opportunities
Author: Robert NoyesPublisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0815518455
Category : Technology & Engineering
Languages : en
Pages : 473
Book Description
One of the largest, most complicated and expensive environmental problems in the United States is the cleanup of nuclear wastes. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has approximately 4,000 contaminated sites covering tens of thousands of acres and replete with contaminated hazardous or radioactive waste, soil, or structures. In addition to high-level waste, it has more than 250,000 cubic meters of transuranic waste and millions of cubic meters of low-level radio-active waste. In addition, DOE is responsible for thousands of facilities awaiting decontamination, decommissioning, and dismantling. DOE and its predecessors have been involved in the management of radioactive wastes since 1943, when such wastes were first generated in significant quantities as by-products of nuclear weapons production. Waste connected with DOE's nuclear weapons complex has been accumulating as a result of various operations spanning over five decades. The cost estimates for nuclear waste cleanup in the United States have been rapidly rising. It has recently been estimated to be in a range from $200 to $350 billion. Costs could vary considerably based on future philosophies as to whether to isolate certain sites (the ""iron fence"" philosophy), or clean them up to a pristine condition (the ""greenfields"" philosophy). Funding will also be based on Congressional action that may reduce environmental cleanup, based on budget considerations.