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New public information resources on salt caverns.
Tomasko, D.; Veil, J. A. - 2008
For the past decade, interest has been growing in using underground salt caverns for disposing of wastes. The Railroad …, economic viability, and risk of disposing of NOW and NORM in caverns. The results of these studies have been disseminated to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436986
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HOW TO DEAL WITH WASTE ACCEPTANCE UNCERTAINTY USING THE WASTE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA FORECASTING AND ANALYSIS CAPABILITY SYSTEM (WACFACS)
Redus, K. S.; Hampshire, G. J.; Patterson, J. E.; … - 2009
control the supply of approximately 1.8 million yd3 of low-level radioactive, TSCA, and RCRA hazardous wastes from over 60 … characterization data, disposition volumes during EMWMF operations, and project schedules to quantitatively determine the confidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435454
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The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: A Success Story with International Cooperation
Matthews, M. - 2009
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Carlsbad Field Office (CBFO) administers and operates the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) site, which hosts a deep geologic repository for safe disposal of U.S. defense-related TRU waste and is located 42 kilometers (km) east of Carlsbad, New Mexico. CBFO...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435455
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US Department of Energy response to standards for remedial actions at inactive uranium processing sites: Proposed rule
2008
The Title I groundwater standards for inactive uranium mill tailings sites, which were promulgated on January 5, 1983, by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for the Uranium Mill Tailings Remedial Action (UMTRA) Project, were remanded to the EPA on September 3, 1985, by the US Tenth...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435881
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RESULTS OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT (EM) CORPORATE PROJECT TEAM DISPOSING WASTE & REDUCING RISK
SHRADER, T.A.; KNERR, R. - 2008
In 2002, the US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM) released the Top-To-Bottom Review of cognizant clean-up activities around the DOE Complex. The review contained a number of recommendations for changing the way EM operates in order to reduce environmental risk...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009435942
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Offsite commercial disposal of oil and gas exploration and production waste :availability, options, and cost.
Puder, M. G.; Veil, J. A. - 2008
&P) segment of the oil and gas industry generated more than 149 million bbl of drilling wastes, almost 18 billion bbl of produced … water, and 21 million bbl of associated wastes. The results of that survey, published in 2000, suggested that 3% of drilling … wastes, less than 0.5% of produced water, and 15% of associated wastes are sent to offsite commercial facilities for disposal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436107
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Parameter estimation techniques and uncertainty in ground water flow model predictions
Zimmerman, D.A.; Davis, P.A. - 2008
Quantification of uncertainty in predictions of nuclear waste repository performance is a requirement of Nuclear Regulatory Commission regulations governing the licensing of proposed geologic repositories for high-level radioactive waste disposal. One of the major uncertainties in these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436267
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Assessment of pre-competitive research and development needs for industrial waste minimization
Young, J.K.; Fassbender, L.L.; Sen, R.K. - 2008
This report summarizes the findings of the first phase of a study undertaken to define a role for the Advanced Industrial Concepts (AIC) Division of the Office of Industrial Technologies (OIT) in developing waste minimization technologies for the industrial sector. The report describes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436404
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An interregional hedonic analysis of noxious facility impacts on local wages and property values
Clark, D.E.; Nieves, L.A. - 2008
Claims of property value loss are commonly raised by homeowners when noxious facilities are sited or when new information about the hazards of existing facilities is made public. While the capitalization of externalities into land values is consistent with economic theory, empirical measurement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436419
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Survey of computer codes applicable to waste facility performance evaluations
Alsharif, M.; Pung, D.L.; Rivera, A.L.; Dole, L.R. - 2008
This study is an effort to review existing information that is useful to develop an integrated model for predicting the performance of a radioactive waste facility. A summary description of 162 computer codes is given. The identified computer programs address the performance of waste packages,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009436493