Estimating the Cold War mortgage: The 1995 baseline environmental management report. Volume 1
This is the first annual report on the activities and potentials costs required to address the waste, contamination, and surplus nuclear facilities that are the responsibility of the Department of Energy`s Environmental Management program. The Department`s Office of Environmental Management, established in 1989, manages one of the largest environmental programs in the world--with more than 130 sites and facilities in over 30 States and territories. The primary focus of the program is to reduce health and safety risks from radioactive waste and contamination resulting from the production, development, and testing of nuclear weapons. The program also is responsible for the environmental legacy from, and ongoing waste management for, nuclear energy research and development, and basic science research. In an attempt to better oversee this effort, Congress required the Secretary of Energy to submit a Baseline Environmental Management Report with annual updates. The 1995 Baseline Environmental Management Report provides life-cycle cost estimates, tentative schedules, and projected activities necessary to complete the Environmental Management program.
- Research Organization:
- Nuclear Waste Documentary Project, Strawberry Plains, TN (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 52805
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EM--0232-Vol.1; ON: DE95010461; NC: NONE
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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45 MILITARY TECHNOLOGY, WEAPONRY, AND NATIONAL DEFENSE
COST ESTIMATION
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
LIABILITIES
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
NUCLEAR WEAPONS
PRODUCTION
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
REMEDIAL ACTION
TESTING
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