Application of geographic information systems to waste minimization efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory Metadata

Title

• Main Title Application of geographic information systems to waste minimization efforts at Los Alamos National Laboratory

Creator

• Author: Lyttle, T. W.
  Creator Type: Personal
• Author: Smith, D. M.
  Creator Type: Personal
• Author: Burns, M.
  Creator Type: Personal
• Author: Weinrach, J. B.
  Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

• Sponsor: United States. Department of Energy.
  Contributor Type: Organization
  Contributor Info: DOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)

Publisher

• Name: Los Alamos National Laboratory
  Place of Publication: New Mexico
  Additional Info: Los Alamos National Lab., NM (United States)

Date

• Creation: 1993-01-01

Language

• English

Description

• Content Description: At Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), facility waste streams tend to be small but highly diverse. Initial characterization of such waste streams is often difficult in part due to a lack of tools to assist the generators themselves in completing such assessments. A methodology has been developed at LANL to allow process knowledgeable field personnel to develop baseline waste generation assessments and to evaluate potential waste minimization technology. This Process Waste Assessment (PWA) system is an application constructed within the Process Modeling System and currently being integrated with the InFoCAD Geographic Information System (GIS) . The Process Modeling System (PMS) is an object-oriented, mass balance-based, discrete-event simulation framework written using the Common Lisp Object System (CLOS) . Analytical capabilities supported within the PWA system include: complete mass balance specifications, historical characterization of selected waste streams and generation of facility profiles for materials consumption, resource utilization and worker exposure. Development activities include integration with the LANL facilities management Geographic Information System (GIS) and provisions for a Best Available Technologies (BAT) database. The environments used to develop these assessment tools will be discussed in addition to a review of initial implementation results.
• Physical Description: 7 pages

Subject

• Keyword: Computer Graphics
• Keyword: National Organizations
• Keyword: Management
• Keyword: Radioactive Materials
• Keyword: Information Systems
• Keyword: Waste Management
• Keyword: Minimization
• Keyword: Lanl
• Keyword: Radioactive Wastes
• STI Subject Categories: 990200 -- Mathematics & Computers
• Keyword: Materials
• Keyword: Us Doe
• STI Subject Categories: 12 Management Of Radioactive And Non-Radioactive Wastes From Nuclear Facilities
• STI Subject Categories: 99 General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science
• Keyword: Wastes 052000* -- Nuclear Fuels-- Waste Management
• Keyword: Us Organizations

Source

• Conference: 18. National Association of Environmental Professionals (NAEP) annual conference on current and future priorities for environmental management, Raleigh, NC (United States), 24-26 May 1993

Collection

• Name: Office of Scientific & Technical Information Technical Reports
  Code: OSTI

Institution

• Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
  Code: UNTGD

Resource Type

• Article

Format

• Text

Identifier

• Other: DE93010726
• Report No.: LA-UR-93-998
• Report No.: CONF-930523--1
• Grant Number: W-7405-ENG-36
• Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 6447534
• Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc1207060

Note

• Display Note: OSTI; NTIS; INIS; GPO Dep.