Research opportunities for deactivating and decommissioning Department of Energy facilities / Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Deactivation and Decommissioning at Department of Energy Sites, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Division on Earth and Life Studies, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Long-Term Research Needs for Deactivation and Decommissioning at Department of Energy Sites.

Series:

Compass series (Washington, D.C.)

The compass series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Long-Term Research Needs for Deactivation and Decommissioning at Department of Energy Sites (Project : U.S.).

Nuclear facilities--Decommissioning--Research--United States.

Nuclear facilities.

Radioactive waste sites--Cleanup--Research--United States.

Radioactive waste sites.

Hazardous waste site remediation--Research--United States.

Hazardous waste site remediation.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (148 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Deactivating and decommissioning Department of Energy facilities

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, c2001.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

When the Cold War abruptly ended, DOE halted most nuclear materials production. In 1995, Congress chartered DOE's Environmental Management Science Program (EMSP) to bring the nation's scientific infrastructure to bear on EM's most difficult, long-term cleanup challenges. The EMSP provides grants to investigators in industry, national laboratories, and universities to undertake research that may help address these cleanup challenges. On several occasions the EMSP has asked the National Academies for advice on developing its research agenda. This report resulted from a 15-month study by an Academies committee on long-term research needs for deactivation and decommissioning (D&D) at DOE sites.

Contents:

""Research Opportunities for Deactivating and Decommissioning Department of Energy Facilities""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""List of Report Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""FACILITIES THAT POSE SIGNIFICANT D&D PROBLEMS""; ""RESEARCH RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""Characterization""; ""Decontamination""; ""Robotics""; ""End States""; ""PROGRAMMATIC RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""International Cooperation""; ""Science Needs Identification""; ""Application of Successful Research Results""; ""EMSP VISION""; ""1 Introduction, Background, and Task""; ""STATEMENT OF TASK""

""2 D&D Challenges in the DOE Complex""""OVERVIEW OF DOE FACILITIES""; ""Uranium Mining, Milling, and Refining""; ""Isotope Separation (Enrichment)""; ""Uranium Enrichment""; ""Lithium Enrichment""; ""Heavy Water Production""; ""Fuel and Target Fabrication""; ""Reactor Operations""; ""Chemical Separations""; ""Component Fabrication""; ""Weapon Operations""; ""Research, Development, and Testing (RD&T)""; ""Waste Processing""; ""GREATEST FUTURE CHALLENGES FOR D&D""; ""Radio chemical Separation Facilities""; ""Gaseous Diffusion Plants""; ""Plutonium Processing Facilities""

""Tritium Processing Facilities""""PHASES OF A D&D PROJECT""; ""FACILITY END STATES""; ""3 Current D&D Science and Technology Programs""; ""U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PROGRAMS""; ""The Environmental Management Science Program""; ""The D&D Focus Area""; ""U.S. PROGRAMS OUTSIDE THE DOE""; ""INTERNATIONAL D&D SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMS""; ""The EC Research and Technological Development Framework Program""; ""The OECD Cooperation Agreement on Decommissioning""; ""Finding and Recommendation on International D&D Collaborations""; ""4 Research Recommendations""; ""CHARACTERIZATION""

""Characterization of Surfaces""""Current Status""; ""Opportunities""; ""Analytical chemistry methods""; ""Nanosensors""; ""Biosensors""; ""Profiling Construction Materials""; ""Current Status""; ""Opportunities""; ""Remote Mapping""; ""Current Status""; ""Opportunities""; ""Detector materials""; ""Fiber optic chemical sensors""; ""Fiber optic radiation sensors""; ""DECONTAMINATION""; ""Fundamental Interactions and Modeling""; ""Current Status""; ""Opportunities""; ""Biological Processes""; ""Current status""; ""Opportunities""; ""Bioleaching""; ""Biosurfactants""; ""Biocatalysis""

""Examples""""ROBOTICS AND INTELLIGENT MACHINES""; ""Intelligent and Adaptable Remote Systems""; ""Current Status""; ""Opportunities""; ""Actuators""; ""Universal criteria-based software""; ""Virtual presence""; ""Summary""; ""END STATES""; ""Fate and Behavior of Contaminants in Construction Materials""; ""Current Status""; ""Opportunities""; ""5 Programmatic Recommendations""; ""A VISION STATEMENT FOR THE EMSP""; ""IMPROVING SCIENCE NEEDS IDENTIFICATION""; ""Engaging scientists and contractors""; ""Framing and Prioritizing Needs""

""Defining D&D Task Parameters An Example for Remote Equipment Needs""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 117-119).

ISBN:

9786610184293

9780309183147

0309183146

9781280184291

1280184299

9780309565585

0309565588

OCLC:

923269036