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Title: Environmental Management

Abstract

Another key aspect of the NNSS mission is Environmental Management program, which addresses the environmental legacy from historic nuclear weapons related activities while also ensuring the health and safety of present day workers, the public, and the environment as current and future missions are completed. The Area 5 Radioactive Waste Management site receives low-level and mixed low-level waste from some 28 different generators from across the DOE complex in support of the legacy clean-up DOE Environmental Management project. Without this capability, the DOE would not be able to complete the clean up and proper disposition of these wastes. The program includes environmental protection, compliance, and monitoring of the air, water, plants, animals, and cultural resources at the NNSS. Investigation and implementation of appropriate corrective actions to address the contaminated ground water facilities and soils resulting from historic nuclear testing activities, the demolition of abandoned nuclear facilities, as well as installation of ground water wells to identify and monitor the extent of ground water contamination.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
NNSA (National Nuclear Security Administration)
Sponsoring Org.:
USDOE
OSTI Identifier:
1167043
Resource Type:
Multimedia
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES; 63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.; ENVIRONMENT; SAFETY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; LOW-LEVEL WASTE; MIXED LOW-LEVEL WASTE; GROUNDWATER MONITORING

Citation Formats

. Environmental Management. United States: N. p., 2014. Web.
. Environmental Management. United States.
. Wed . "Environmental Management". United States. https://www.osti.gov/servlets/purl/1167043.
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year = {Wed Nov 12 00:00:00 EST 2014},
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