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

Technical Report · Mon Apr 01 04:00:00 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., TN (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: AC05-84OR21400
• OSTI ID: 5951739
• Report Number(s): ORNL-6663; ON: DE91010486
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
010900 -- Coal
Lignite
& Peat-- Environmental Aspects
09 BIOMASS FUELS
090900 -- Biomass Fuels-- Processing-- (1990-)
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540120* -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540130 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540220 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540230 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540330 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Radioactive Materials Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ABSTRACTS
ACID RAIN
ATMOSPHERIC PRECIPITATIONS
BIOMASS
CARBON COMPOUNDS
CARBON DIOXIDE
CARBON OXIDES
CHALCOGENIDES
CHEMICAL FEEDSTOCKS
CLIMATES
DEPOSITION
DOCUMENT TYPES
ECOSYSTEMS
ENERGY SOURCES
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
LEADING ABSTRACT
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
ORNL
OXIDES
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PROGRESS REPORT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
RAIN
REMEDIAL ACTION
RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
US AEC
US DOE
US ERDA
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT