Department of Energy's Hanford Spent Nuclear Fuel Project
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 352
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
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Published: 1998
Total Pages: 352
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States Accounting Office (GAO)
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2018-02-09
Total Pages: 24
ISBN-13: 9781984307866
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →T-RCED-98-119 Nuclear Waste: Management Problems at the Department of Energy's Hanford Spent Fuel Storage Project
Author: United States. Department of Energy
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Published: 1995
Total Pages: 60
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
Published: 2003-06-09
Total Pages: 124
ISBN-13: 0309087228
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →The production of nuclear materials for the national defense was an intense, nationwide effort that began with the Manhattan Project and continued throughout the Cold War. Now many of these product materials, by-products, and precursors, such as irradiated nuclear fuels and targets, have been declared as excess by the Department of Energy (DOE). Most of this excess inventory has been, or will be, turned over to DOE's Office of Environmental Management (EM), which is responsible for cleaning up the former production sites. Recognizing the scientific and technical challenges facing EM, Congress in 1995 established the EM Science Program (EMSP) to develop and fund directed, long-term research that could substantially enhance the knowledge base available for new cleanup technologies and decision making. The EMSP has previously asked the National Academies' National Research Council for advice for developing research agendas in subsurface contamination, facility deactivation and decommissioning, high-level waste, and mixed and transuranic waste. For this study the committee was tasked to provide recommendations for a research agenda to improve the scientific basis for DOE's management of its high-cost, high-volume, or high-risk excess nuclear materials and spent nuclear fuels. To address its task, the committee focused its attention on DOE's excess plutonium-239, spent nuclear fuels, cesium-137 and strontium-90 capsules, depleted uranium, and higher actinide isotopes.
Author: Battelle Memorial Institute. Office of Nuclear Waste Isolation
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Published: 1979
Total Pages: 144
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: United States. Department of Energy
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Published: 1980
Total Pages: 108
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: R. E. Gephart
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Published: 2003
Total Pages: 430
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →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.