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.
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:
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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:
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:
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 72 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.
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.
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 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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.
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:
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:
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:
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:
Download or read book The Nuclear Weapons Complex written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 1989-02-01 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this volume, the National Research Council examines problems arising throughout government-owned, contractor-operated facilities in the United States engaged in activities to build nuclear weapons. The book draws conclusions about and makes recommendations for the health and safety of the nuclear weapons complex and addresses pressing environmental concerns. In addition, the book examines the future of the complex and offers suggestions for its modernization. Several explanatory appendixes provide useful background information on the functioning of the complex, criticality safety, plutonium chemistry, and weapons physics.
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.
Download or read book Cleaning Up the Nuclear Weapons Complex Internet Resources written by and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Resources for the Future, a nonprofit organization in Washington, D.C., conducts research on environmental and natural resource issues, and presents a collection of Web sites focusing on environmental issues at former nuclear weapons production sites in the United States. Categories include bibliographies, research organizations, federal government, news sources, periodicals, workshops, and conferences.
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