Implementation of Waste Minimization at a complex R&D site
Conference
·
OSTI ID:28398
- USDOE Chicago Operations Office, Argonne, IL (United States)
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
Under the 1994 Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention Crosscut Plan, the Department of Energy (DOE) has set a goal of 50% reduction in waste at its facilities by the end of 1999. Each DOE site is required to set site-specific goals to reduce generation of all types of waste including hazardous, radioactive, and mixed. To meet these goals, Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL, has developed and implemented a comprehensive Pollution Prevention/Waste Minimization (PP/WMin) Program. The facilities and activities at the site vary from research into basic sciences and research into nuclear fuel cycle to high energy physics and decontamination and decommissioning projects. As a multidisciplinary R&D facility and a multiactivity site, ANL generates waste streams that are varied, in physical form as well as in chemical constituents. This in turn presents a significant challenge to put a cohesive site-wide PP/WMin Program into action. In this paper, we will describe ANL`s key activities and waste streams, the regulatory drivers for waste minimization, and the DOE goals in this area, and we will discuss ANL`s strategy for waste minimization and it`s implementation across the site.
- Research Organization:
- Argonne National Lab., IL (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-31109-ENG-38
- OSTI ID:
- 28398
- Report Number(s):
- ANL/EMO/CP--85801; CONF-950216--67; ON: DE95008271
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Waste Minimization/Pollution Prevention Crosscut Plan, 1994
Pollution prevention-waste minimization program 1998 fiscal year work plan -- WBS 1.11.2.1
2013 Los Alamos National Laboratory Hazardous Waste Minimization Report
Technical Report
·
Sun Feb 27 23:00:00 EST 1994
·
OSTI ID:10143597
Pollution prevention-waste minimization program 1998 fiscal year work plan -- WBS 1.11.2.1
Technical Report
·
Mon Sep 22 00:00:00 EDT 1997
·
OSTI ID:362369
2013 Los Alamos National Laboratory Hazardous Waste Minimization Report
Technical Report
·
Mon Aug 24 00:00:00 EDT 2015
·
OSTI ID:1212633