Task 1.6 -- Mixed waste. Topical report, April 1994--September 1995
For fifty years, the United States was involved in a nuclear arms race of immense proportions. During the majority of this period, the push was always to design new weapons, produce more weapons, and increase the size of the arsenal, maintaining an advantage over the opposition in order to protect US interests. Now that the Cold War is over, the US is faced with the imposing tasks of dismantling, cleaning up, and remediating the wide variety of problems created by this arms race. The ability to understand the problems encountered when dealing with radioactive waste, both from a scientific standpoint and from a legislative standpoint, requires knowledge of treatment and disposal subject areas. This required the accumulation of applicable information. A literature database was developed; site visits were made; and contact relationships were established. Informational databases from government agencies involved in environmental remediation were ordered or purchased, and previously established private sector relationships were used to develop an information base. An appendix contains 482 bibliographic citations that have been integrated into a Microsoft Access{reg_sign} database.
- Research Organization:
- North Dakota Univ., Grand Forks, ND (United States)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
- DOE Contract Number:
- FC21-93MC30097
- OSTI ID:
- 231414
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/MC/30097-5162; ON: DE96004445; TRN: 96:012838
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: PBD: Jan 1996
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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99 MATHEMATICS
COMPUTERS
INFORMATION SCIENCE
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LAW
MISCELLANEOUS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
INFORMATION SYSTEMS
REMEDIAL ACTION
PROGRESS REPORT
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
LOW-LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTES
US DOE
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
ORGANIC SOLVENTS
METALS
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTE DISPOSAL
DATA COMPILATION