Affordable Cleanup?

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Affordable Cleanup?

Opportunities for Cost Reduction in the Decontamination and Decommissioning of the Nation's Uranium Enrichment Facilities

Technology: general issues

Authors: National Research Council, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems, Committee on Decontamination and Decommissioning of Uranium Enrichment Facilities

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Language: English

Published by: National Academies Press

Published on: 8th March 1996

Format: LCP-protected ePub

Size: 324 pages

ISBN: 9780309175876


The Energy Policy Act of 1992 called on the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study and provide recommendations for reducing the costs of decontaminating and decommissioning (D&D) the nation's uranium enrichment facilities located at Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Raducah, Kentucky; and Portsmouth, Ohio. This volume examines the existing plans and cost estimates for the D&D of these facilities, including such elements as technologies, planning and management, and identifies approaches that could reduce D&D costs. It also assesses options for disposition of the large quantities of depleted uranium hexafluoride that are stored at these sites.

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