Environmental Sciences Division annual progress report for period ending September 30, 1990

Technical Report · Mon Apr 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/5951739· OSTI ID:5951739

The Environmental Sciences Division (ESD) of Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) conducts research on the environmental aspects of existing and emerging energy systems and applies this information to ensure that technology development and energy use are consistent with national environmental health and safety goals. Offering an interdisciplinary resource of staff and facilities to address complex environmental problems, the division is currently providing technical leadership for major environmental issues of national concern: (1) acidic deposition and related environmental effects, (2) effects of increasing concentrations of atmospheric CO{sub 2} and the resulting climatic changes to ecosystems and natural and physical resources, (3) hazardous chemical and radioactive waste disposal and remediation research and development, and (4) development of commercial biomass energy production systems. This progress report outlines ESD's accomplishments in these and other areas in FY 1990. Individual reports are processed separately for the data bases in the following areas: ecosystem studies; environmental analyses; environmental toxicology; geosciences; technical and administrative support; biofuels feedstock development program; carbon dioxide information analysis and research program; and environmental waste program.

• Research Organization: Oak Ridge National Lab. (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5951739
• Report Number(s): ORNL-6663; ON: DE91010486; TRN: 91-012538
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Environmental Sciences Division Publication No. 3650
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
09 BIOMASS FUELS
01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
ACID RAIN
DEPOSITION
CARBON DIOXIDE
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ORNL
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
BIOMASS
CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
CLIMATES
ECOSYSTEMS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
LEADING ABSTRACT
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
REMEDIAL ACTION
ABSTRACTS
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
DOCUMENT TYPES
ENERGY SOURCES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RAIN
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
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Atmospheric- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
540220 - Environment
Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
540320 - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
540130 - Environment
Atmospheric- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
540230 - Environment
Terrestrial- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
540330 - Environment
Aquatic- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport- (1990-)
090900 - Biomass Fuels- Processing- (1990-)
010900 - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Environmental Aspects