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National Report on the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, May 2003 (2.4 MB) | |||
Top-To-Bottom Review of the Environmental Management Program Status Report, October 2003 | |||
National Report on the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, May 2003 (2.4 MB) | |||
Guidance for Optimizing Ground Water Response Actions at Department of Energy Sites, May 2002 | |||
CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act) Five-Year Review Guide, March 2002 | |||
Top-to-Bottom Review of the Environmental Management Program, February 2002 | |||
Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on the Dispositon of Scrap Metals, July 2001 | |||
Revision
to the Record of Decision for the Department of Energy's Waste Management
Program: Treatment and Storage of Transuranic Waste, July 13,
2001 The revision is to transfer approximately 300 cubic meters of contact-handled transuranic (CH-TRU) waste from the Mound Plant to the Savannah River Site (SRS) for storage, characterization, and repackaging for disposal at WIPP. DOE will ship this Mound CH-TRU waste to SRS in OHOX railcars (formerly known as ATMX railcars), in accordance with a DOT exemption from the requirement for shipping this waste in a Type B container. |
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Action Plan for Emerging Technological Alternatives to Incineration,June 2001 | |||
Innovative Technology Summary
Report - Copper Cable Recycling Technology, May 2001 Deactivation and decommissioning activities of nuclear facilities generates hundreds of tons of contaminated copper cable, which are sent to radioactive waste disposal sites. The Copper Cable Recycling Technology separates the clean copper from contaminated insulation and dust materials in these cables. The recovered copper can then be reclaimed and, more importantly, landfill disposal volumes can be reduced. |
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Innovative Technology Summary
Report - Fission Products Separations Testing, May 2001 To remove the radioactive fission products strontium-90 ( 90 Sr) and cesium-137 ( 137 Cs) from near-neutral pH wastewater and groundwater, sorbents are needed that rapidly and tightly bind these ions into a stable solid matrix of low volume which is (or can be made) acceptable for disposal. |
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Innovative Technology Summary
Report - Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) System for Horizontal Tanks, May 2001 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for cleaning and closing over 300 small and large underground tanks across the DOE complex that are used for storing over 1-million gal of high- and low-level radioactive and mixed waste (HLW, LLW, and MLLW). The contents of these aging tanks must be sampled to analyze for contaminants to determine final disposition of the tank and its contents. Access to these tanks is limited to small-diameter risers that allow for sample collection at only one discrete point below this opening. To collect a more representative sample without exposing workers to tank interiors, a remote-controlled retrieval method must be used. |
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Innovative Technology Summary
Report - Surveillance and Measurement System (SAMS), May 2001 Many facilities at the INEEL and other DOE sites have become obsolete and are being demolished or dismantled. Prior to performing any decontamination or dismantlement work, these facilities must be characterized. Part of the characterization includes isotopic radionuclide analysis. The results of the characterization are used to plan D&D; work at that site. |
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Innovative Technology Summary
Report - Well Injection Depth Extraction (WIDE) Soil Flushing, May 2001 An innovative subsurface remediation technology, termed Well Injection Depth Extraction (WIDE), has been developed by researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU). The WIDE system is a hybrid soil flushing/soil gas extraction system that uses Prefabricated Vertical Wells (PVWs) for the in situ remediation of contaminated fine-grained soils with hydraulic conductivities ranging from 10 -3 to 10 -8 cm/s. The WIDE system has been field demonstrated as suitable for removal of dissolved-phase contaminants, dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs), and light non-aqueous phase liquids (LNAPLs). |
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Revision
to the Record of Decision for the Department of Energy's Waste Management
Program: Treatment and Storage of Transuranic Waste, December 2000 The Department of Energy is revising the Record of Decision for the Department of Energy's Waste Management Program: Treatment and Storage of Transuranic Waste. The Department has decided to establish a centralized characterization capability at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) to prepare contact-handled transuranic waste for disposal (up to 1,250 of the 7,000 cubic meters planned to be received for disposal annually). The New Mexico Environment Department must approve a modification of WIPP's Hazardous Waste Facility Permit before the Department could perform disposal characterization at WIPP. |
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Current and
Planned Low-Level Waste Disposal Capacity Report Revision 2, December 2000 |
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Long-Term
Stewardship Study, Draft, October 2000 |
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Twelfth Annual Report
to Congress, Fiscal Year 1998 Progress in Implementing Section 120 of the
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act,
DOE/EM-0536, April 2000 |
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Status Report
on Paths to Closure, March 2000 |
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Record of
Decision for the Department of Energy's Waste Management Program:
Treatment and Disposal of Low-Level Waste and Mixed Low-Level Waste;
Amendment of the Record of Decision for the Nevada Test Site, February
18, 2000 This Record of Decision applies to treatment and disposal of Low-Level Waste and Mixed Low-Level Waste as analyzed in the WM PEIS.
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Waste Management
Year-End FY 1999 Progress Report, December 1999 This report describes the Waste Management Program's mission and drivers and provides key performance objectives and actual performance data for the reporting period. |
Technical Guidance for the
Long-Term Monitoring of Natural Attenuation Remedies at Department of
Energy Sites, October 1999 The purpose of this guide is to provide Department of Energy (DOE) Remedial Project Managers (RPMs) with technical direction on: the role of monitoring for effective implementation of a natural attenuation remedy; the key considerations for designing a natural attenuation monitoring network; and statistical approaches for interpreting monitoring data and refining conceptual site models. |
From
Cleanup to Stewardship, A Companion Report to Accelerating Cleanup: Paths
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Facility Deactivation Methods and Practices Handbook, August 20, 1999 has been replaced with Excess Facility Transition to Deactivation and Decommissioning --The management approach to disposing of DOE’s excess facilities is set forth in DOE Order 430.1A, Life Cycle Asset Management (LCAM). In general, excess facility disposition phases encompass Transition, Deactivation, Surveillance and Maintenance, and Decommissioning. |
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Record of Decision for
the Department of Energy's Waste Management Program: Storage of High-Level
Radioactive Waste, August 12, 1999 |
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Profiles of Environmental
Restoration CERCLA Disposal Facilities, July 1999 The Environmental Restoration (ER) Waste Issues Crosscutting Team prepared the Profiles of Environmental Restoration CERCLA Disposal Facilities (Profiles) to provide a concise description of the six operating or planned facilities designed exclusively for the disposal of waste generated by cleanup activities conducted pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). |
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Waste Management
Mid-Year FY 1999 Progress Report, June 1999 |
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Decision-Making Framework Guide for the Evaluation and
Selection of Monitored Natural Attenuation Remedies at Department of
Energy Sites, May 13, 1999 |
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EM Corporate Data
Collection Guidance for the Interim Data Management System (IDMS) and the
Analysis and Visualization System (AVS), Rev. 2.0 [Detailed Guidance],
April 5, 1999 |
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Closure for the
Seventh Generation, A Report from the Stewardship Committee of the State
and Tribal Government Working Group, February 1999 |
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Fiscal Year 1999
Progress in Implementing Section 120 of the CERCLA, February 1999 |
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IPABS Handbook,
February 16, 1999 |
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Summary of Public
Comments on DOE Order 435.1, Radioactive Waste Management, December 1998 (Historical) |
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Waste Management
Fiscal Year 1998 Progress Report, December 1998
(Historical) |
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Guidance for the Spring
Update to the EM Corporate Database: Life Cycle Planning Data, FY2001
Budget Paths to Closure, Rev. 2.0, December 21, 1998
(Historical) |
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Environmental Management Research and Development Program
Plan Solution - Based Investments in Science and Technology,
November 1998 (Historical) |
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Environmental Management Strategic Plan for Science
Technology, November
1998 (Historical) |
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Information Package on
Pending Low-Level Waste and Mixed Low-Level Waste Disposal Decisions,
September 1998 (Historical) |
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Final Environmental Impact
Statement on Management of Certain Plutonium Residues and Scrub Alloy Stored at the
Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site
(Summary) -- DOE/EIS-0277F7, August 1998 (Historical) |
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Record of Decision for
the Department of Energy's Waste Management Program: Treatment of
Non-wastewater Hazardous Waste, July 30, 1998
(Historical) |
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Accelerating
Cleanup: Paths to Closure, June 1998 (Historical) |
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Waste Management
Mid-Fiscal Year 1998 Progress Report, June 1998 (Historical) |
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Final Management Action Process
(MAP) Resource Guide, March 1998 (Historical) |
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Record of Decision from
the Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement,
January 20, 1998 (Historical) The WM PEIS is a Department-wide study of the environmental impacts of managing five types of waste generated by defense and research activities at a variety of DOE sites around the United States. This Record of Decision applies only to the treatment (including packaging) and storage of TRU waste as analyzed in the WM PEIS. Records of Decision for the four other waste types analyzed in the WM PEIS will be issued in due course. |
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Record of Decision from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant
Disposal Phase Final Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement, January 16, 1998
(Historical) |
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Integrated Data Base (IDB) Report
Rev. 13, for CY 1996 Data, December 1997 (Historical) |
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Waste Management Fiscal
Year 1997 Progress Report, December 1997 (Historical) |
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Fiscal Year 1996
Progress in Implementing Section 120 of the CERCLA, December 1997 (Historical) This report, prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Environmental Management, is being submitted to Congress in accordance with Section 120(e)(5) of CERCLA. It is DOE's Tenth Annual Report to Congress and provides information on DOE's progress in implementing CERCLA Section 120 in fiscal year 1996 (FY 96), i.e., from October 1, 1995, to September 30, 1996. |
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Requirements-Based Surveillance
and Maintenance Review Guide - DOE/EM-0341, November 1997 (Historical) |
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Waste Management
Progress Report, June 1997 (Historical) |
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Resourceful Reuse: A Guide to
Planning Future Uses of Department of Energy Sites - DOE/EM-0285, May 1997
(Historical) |
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1996 Baseline
Environmental Management Report (Historical) The Baseline Environmental Management Report (Baseline Report) is an analytical tool to help guide the Departmental decisions and provide an accounting of the Department's progress, spending, and plans. In addition to illustrating the assumed path forward, the 1996 Baseline Report presents policy analyses that examine the consequences of modifying key program assumptions. |
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Waste Acceptance Product
Specifications for Vitrified High-Level Waste Forms, December 1996 (Historical) |
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Integrated Data Base (IDB) Report
Rev. 12, for CY 1995 Data, December 1996 (Historical) |
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Low-Level Waste Projection
Program Guide, December 18, 1996 (Historical) |
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Generic Technical Management
Plan, October 1996 (Historical) |
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Fiscal Year 1995
Progress in Implementing Section 120 of the CERCLA, September 1996 (Historical) This report, prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Environmental Management, is being submitted to Congress in accordance with Section 120(e)(5) of CERCLA. It is DOE's Ninth Annual Report to Congress and provides information on DOE's progress in implementing CERCLA Section 120 in Fiscal Year 1995 (FY 95), i.e., from October 1, 1994, to September 30, 1995. |
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Documenting Cost and
Performance for Environmental Restoration Projects, August 8, 1996 (Historical) The purpose of this DOE guide is to facilitate the use of consistent procedures to document cost and performance information for projects involving the remediation of media contaminated with hazardous and radioactive waste. It provides remedial action project managers with a standardized set of data to document completed remediation projects. |
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Environmental
Restoration Acceleration Report, May 1, 1996
(Historical) This Report provides details on the substantial benefits to the American taxpayers which have been or will be realized through an accelerated environmental restoration and waste management projects strategy. |
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Charting the Course: The
Future Use Report, April 1996 (Historical) In January 1994, Department of Energy (DOE) site managers were requested to collaborate with tribal, state, and local governments and stakeholders to develop recommendations concerning the future uses of land and infrastructure at 20 DOE sites. The Future Use Report reflects the results of two years of planning and provides land use recommendations developed by 16 sites. |
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Innovative
Technology Summary Report - Advanced Worker Protection System, April
1996 (Historical) |
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Innovative
Technology Summary Report - Cone Penetrometer, April 1996 (Historical) |
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Innovative
Technology Summary Report - Lasagna™ Soil Remediation, April 1996 (Historical) |
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Innovative
Technology Summary Report - Pipe Explorer™ System, April 1996 (Historical) |
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Office of Environmental
Management Critical Few Performance Measures -- Definitions & Methodology,
March 22, 1996 (Historical) |
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Innovative
Technology Summary Report - In Situ Enhanced Soil Mixing, February
1996 (Historical) |
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Taking Stock: A Look at the
Opportunities and Challenges
Posed by Inventories from the Cold War Era, DOE-EM0275,
January 1996 (Historical) |
Closing
the Circle on the Splitting of the Atom, January 1996 (Historical) This book describes environmental, safety, and health problems throughout the nuclear weapons complex and what the Department of Energy is doing to address them. |
Annual Report to Congress
Department of Energy Activities Relating to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board,
1995 (Historical) |
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Environmental Management, 1995 (Historical) |
Final Environmental Impact
Statement on a Proposed Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation Policy Concerning
Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel, 1995 (Historical) The purpose of the Environmental Impact Statement EIS is to promote U.S. nuclear weapons nonproliferation policy objectives, by seeking to reduce and eventually eliminate highly-enriched (weapons-grade) uranium from civilian commerce worldwide. Environmental effects and policy considerations of three Management Alternative approaches for implementation of the proposed policy are assessed. |
Questions and Answers
About the Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992 and the Department of
Energy's Plans to Treat Mixed Waste, 1995 (Historical) Listed in this document are questions about the FFCAct and the Plans prepared by the DOE for treating mixed waste in accordance with the Act, and responses prepared by the staff of the DOE Federal Facility Compliance Act Task Force. |
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US Department of Energy,
Office of Environmental Restoration, Relative Ranking Evaluation Framework,
December 1995 (Historical) This Primer provides information on the relative ranking evaluation framework being implemented by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Restoration Program (EM-40) to help rank release sites, facilities, and buildings requiring restoration or decommissioning. |
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Innovative
Technology Summary Report - Flameless
Thermal Oxidation, September 1995 (Historical) |
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Environmental
Restoration Strategic Plan, August 1995 (Historical) The Plan is designed to implement the Environmental Management Strategic Plan and to reflect the roles, responsibilities and authorities of Headquarters and Field organizations as defined by the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management. |
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Innovative
Technology Summary Report - SEAMIST™ , August 1995
(Historical) |
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Innovative
Technology Summary Report - Dynamic Underground Stripping, April 1995 (Historical) |
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Innovative
Technology Summary Report - Frozen Soil Barrier Technology, April 1995 (Historical) |
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Innovative
Technology Summary Report - In Situ Air Stripping Using Horizontal Wells,
April 1995 (Historical) |
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Innovative
Technology Summary Report - In Situ Bioremediation Using Horizontal Wells ,
April 1995 (Historical) |
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Innovative
Technology Summary Report - ResonantSonic Drilling, April 1995 (Historical) |
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Innovative
Technology Summary Report - Six Phase Soil Heating, April 1995 (Historical) |
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Environmental Management, 1994 (Historical) |
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RCRA Corrective Action
& CERCLA Remedial Action Reference Guide, July 1994
(Historical) This Reference Guide is a concise, side-by-side overview of major topics and steps of the RCRA corrective action and CERCLA remedial action processes. It focuses on the statutory and regulatory requirements of each program. |
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Committed to Results: DOE's
Environmental Management Program, An Introduction (EM Primer),
April 1994 (Historical) This booklet describes how DOE manages radioactive, hazardous, and mixed waste and how it is removing contamination from sites where nuclear materials research and production or energy research activities were conducted. |
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Nuclear Age Timeline,
September 1993 (Historical) |
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