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Title Long-term institutional management of U.S. Department of Energy legacy waste sites / Committee on the Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources, National Research Council
Published Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, ©2000

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 164 pages) : illustrations, map
Series Compass series
Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
Contents Cover -- Front Matter -- Acknowledgments -- Preface -- Contents -- Synopsis -- Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Conceptual Framework -- 3 Contaminant Reduction -- 4 Contaminant Isolation -- 5 Stewardship Activities -- 6 Contextual Factors -- 7 Fundamental Limits on Technical and Institutional Capabilities -- 8 Design Principles and Criteria for an Effective Long-Term Institutional Management System: Findings and Recommendations -- References Cited -- APPENDIXES -- APPENDIX A Committee�s Statement of Task -- APPENDIX B Closure Plans for Major DOE Sites
APPENDIX C Committee Information Gathering MeetingsAPPENDIX D Summary of Recent Stewardship Studies -- APPENDIX E Existing Legal Structure for Closure of the Weapons Complex Sites -- APPENDIX F Disposition of the Nevada Test Site -- APPENDIX G Mathematical Models Used for Site Closure Decisions -- APPENDIX H Biographical Sketches of Committee Members and Consultants -- APPENDIX I Definitions of Terms Used in This Report
Notes "Support for this study was provided by the U.S. Dept. of Energy, under Grants No. DE-FC01-94EW54069 and DE-FC01-99EW59049"--Title page verso
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Notes English
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Subject United States. Department of Energy.
SUBJECT United States. Department of Energy fast
Subject Radioactive waste sites -- United States -- Management
Radioactive waste disposal -- Environmental aspects -- United States
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING -- Environmental -- Waste Management.
Radioactive waste disposal -- Environmental aspects
Radioactive waste sites -- Management
United States
Form Electronic book
Author National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Remediation of Buried and Tank Wastes.
LC no. 00711591
ISBN 0309501679
9780309501675
0309171644
9780309171649