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Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (327 download)
Download or read book Cleaning Up the Department of Energy's Nuclear Weapons Complex written by and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 40 pages
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Download or read book Cleaning Up America's Nuclear Weapons Complex written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Complex Cleanup written by and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ann M. Beauchesne
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ISBN 13 : 9781558773363
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (733 download)
Download or read book Cleaning Up America's Nuclear Weapons Complex written by Ann M. Beauchesne and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Katherine N. Probst
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135893063
Total Pages : 81 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)
Download or read book Long-Term Stewardship and the Nuclear Weapons Complex written by Katherine N. Probst and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-04-04 with total page 81 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 142234956X
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (223 download)
Download or read book Complex Cleanup: The Environmental Legacy of Nuclear Weapons Production written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Dan Lauf
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Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (111 download)
Download or read book Cleaning Up America's Nuclear Weapons Complex written by Dan Lauf and published by . This book was released on 2019 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This guide, produced by the National Governors Association’s (NGA) Energy, Infrastructure & Environment team, outlines successes and challenges faced by states and DOE in cleaning up nuclear weapons waste created during the Cold War. It details successes across the weapons complex and at cleanup sites in 11 states that are members of NGA Solutions’ Federal Facilities Task Force (FFTF). Comprised of governor appointed representatives from states directly affected by the cleanup effort, the FFTF meets to discuss waste disposal progress, priorities and challenges with each other and DOE and to stay informed about technology, policy and budget developments. FFTF member states include Idaho, Kentucky, Missouri, Nevada, New Mexico, New York, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Washington. The report also examines the five priority issues of the Federal Facilities Task Force, which are: jointly setting funding priorities, ensuring compliance with cleanup agreements, managing waste safely, improving communications and developing uniform emergency response communication protocols.
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
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Total Pages : 100 pages
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Download or read book Department of Energy's Nuclear Weapons Complex Cleanup Program written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Energy and Natural Resources and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428921486
Total Pages : 219 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (289 download)
Download or read book Complex cleanup : the environmental legacy of nuclear weapons production. written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780788101212
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (12 download)
Download or read book Hazards Ahead written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1993 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Charles A. Bowsher
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Total Pages : 30 pages
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Download or read book Enormous Modernization and Cleanup Problems in the Nuclear Weapons Complex written by Charles A. Bowsher and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Noyes
Publisher : Elsevier
ISBN 13 : 0815518455
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (155 download)
Download or read book Nuclear Waste Cleanup Technologies and Opportunities written by Robert Noyes and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 1995-12-31 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Author : Robert Noyes
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0080946194
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Nuclear Waste Cleanup Technologies and Opportunities written by Robert Noyes and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2013-01-15 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.
Download or read book Nuclear Weapons "cleanup" written by and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 42 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services
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Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)
Download or read book Safety, Modernization, and Environmental Cleanup of the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Publisher : Office Technology Assessment
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Total Pages : 92 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)
Download or read book Hazards Ahead written by and published by Office Technology Assessment. This book was released on 1993 with total page 92 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : R. E. Gephart
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Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Hanford written by R. E. Gephart and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Hanford: A Conversation About Nuclear Waste and Cleanup, Roy Gephart takes us on a journey through a world of facts, values, conflicts, and choices facing the most complex environmental cleanup project in the United States: the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site. Starting with the top-secret Manhattan Project, Hanford was used to create tons of plutonium for nuclear weapons. Hundreds of tons of waste and millions of curies remain. In an easy-to-read, illustrated text, Gephart crafts the story of Hanford becoming the world's first nuclear weapons site to release large amounts of contaminants into the environment. This was at a time when radiation biology was in its infancy, industry practiced unbridled waste dumping, and the public trusted what it was told. Hanford history reveals how little we sometimes understand events when caught inside of them. The plutonium market stalled with the end of the Cold War. Public accountability and environmental compliance ushered in a new cleanup mission. Today, Hanford is driven by remediation choices whose outcomes remain uncertain. It's a story whose epilogue will be written by future generations. This book is an information resource, written for the general reader as well as the technically trained person. It provides an overview of Hanford and cleanup issues facing the nuclear weapons complex. Each chapter is a topical mini-series. It's an idea guide that encourages readers to be informed consumers of Hanford news, and to recognize that knowledge, high ethical standards, and social values are at the heart of coping with nuclear waste. Hanford history is a window into many environmental conflicts facing our nation; it's about building uponsuccess and learning from failure. And therein lies a key lesson: when powerful interests are involved, no generation is above pretense.
