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APPLICATION OF GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS TO WASTE MINIMIZATION EFFORTS AT
LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY
Thomas W. IyLLlc, los Alamo: NaLional I.aboratory
Donna M. Smith, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Michelle Hurns, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Jeffcercy It. Weinrach, hos Alamo:; National L.aborat or y
Abstract
AL I,o; Alamo:; National Laboratory (MANI.), facial ity waste :Lrecam:; tend to be small
but highly diverse. Initial characteri::atior, of such waste ::tream:; in: often
diff icult in part due to a lack of tooll; to am; i:si the generate or; t.hcmelve: in
complete ing such ascssmenLs. A methodology has been developed at. I.ANI. to allow
proce:;:; knowledgeable field pen:;onnel Lo develop base! ine wa:te generation
assessment; and to ovaI lunte potent ial waste minimi: at.ion technology. 'hi:s
Process WaLt.v Asse::;ament (PWA) ::y:;tem in an apple i cat. ion corist ruct ed with i n the
Pr oce:::: Modeling Syst em and cur tently being int.egnated with the Ini'oCAD
Gtogiaphic Infotrmt ion Syst em (GIS). The I'rocew; Model ing System (I'MS) i:: an
object -or i entcc, main; balance-based, di scn ele-event :;imulat. ion framework
wI i t [en u:; i ng the Common h i;; (b ject Syst em (Ci OS) . Ana l yt i cal capab i i t. i e:
:;uppo ,.ed wi th ihn the I'WA :;yst cm i ncl Ide : comp let e ma:;; ba lIance spec i f i cat ion!;,
hi:;to ical char ac-t e i :at ion of selected waste ::t i cam:; and clenen .t ion of ftaciI i t y
pi of iIV!; 1 r mat en i al s consult ion, n escnn cc ut i 1 i .at ion and woe ker cxpout e .
levelopm'nt t<t iv it it:; in 1l ide int egr at ion wit h the LANI fat i I it i':; management
Ueojnaphi - Infiemat ion $ystem (cIS) and provi::ion:; for a t1n1:1 Avnilabi le
Iec-hire I oc i t:; ( IAT! I dIt thtb:' . The env i t onme.nt ui:ed t o deve 1lop t hi:;e a ::e:":ment
ton! will b li.:c;ns :ecl in iudit ion to a evi*w of init i al implemnentat ion
is lIt::.
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Lyttle, T. W.; Smith, D. M.; Burns, M. & Weinrach, J. B. Application of geographic information systems to waste minimization efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory, article, January 1, 1993; New Mexico. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1207060/m1/2/: accessed May 27, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.