Long-Lived Legacy: Managing High-Level and Transuranic Waste at the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex Metadata
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Title
- Main Title Long-Lived Legacy: Managing High-Level and Transuranic Waste at the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex
- Series Title Background paper
Creator
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Author: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.Creator Type: Organization
Publisher
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Name: United States. Congress. Office of Technology Assessment.Place of Publication: [Washington D.C.]
Date
- Creation: 1991-05
Language
- English
Description
- Content Description: This report describes, documents, and analyzes available data about two key waste management problems at the Department of Energy Weapons Complex—those of high-level radioactive waste and transuranic waste. The paper is organized in two chapters—” Chapter 1: Managing High Level Waste’ and ‘Chapter 2: Managing Transuranic Waste. ” Each chapter contains a summary overview followed by a discussion and analysis of important areas in the waste management problem that the DOE faces at present and in its future operations.
- Physical Description: 104 p: ill., maps; 26 cm.
Subject
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: United States. Dept. of Energy.
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Nuclear weapons plants -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Hazardous wastes -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Hazardous wastes -- United States -- Management.
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Radioactive wastes -- Management.
- Library of Congress Subject Headings: Transuranium elements -- Environmental aspects -- United States.
Primary Source
- Item is not a Primary Source
Coverage
- Place Name: United States
Collection
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Name: Office of Technology AssessmentCode: OTA
Institution
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Name: UNT Libraries Government Documents DepartmentCode: UNTGD
Resource Type
- Report
Format
- Text
Identifier
- Accession or Local Control No: 9126
- SuDoc Number: Y 3.T 22/2:2 W 28/3
- UNT Catalog No.: b1619651
- Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc39992