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Title

  • Main Title The industrial ecology of asset management: A case study

Creator

  • Author: Hunsaker, D. B., Jr.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Curlee, T. R.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Ensminger, J. T.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Rivera, R. G.
    Creator Type: Personal
  • Author: Yuracko, K. L.
    Creator Type: Personal

Contributor

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

Publisher

  • Name: Oak Ridge National Laboratory
    Place of Publication: Tennessee
    Additional Info: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (United States)

Date

  • Creation: 1996-09-01

Language

  • English

Description

  • Content Description: Closure of materials cycles (one key goal in industrial ecology) to produces environmental and economic benefits. An interdisciplinary team of scientists and engineers at ORNL developed a life-cycle approach to examine the environmental and economic aspects of using purchased metal boxes for disposal of low-level radioactive waste vs a proposed process of fabricating boxes from metal already contaminated and destined for disposal as LLRW. This proposal would plug a leak in the steel materials cycle in which steel is removed from the commercial cycle for permanent disposal with LLRW. It was found that fabricating boxes out of the contaminated metal could (1)result in a direct savings of $80 million over prompt total disposal of the metal; (2)add an additional 100 jobs and about $10M/year to the regional economy compared to direct disposal; (3) result in lower particulate matter and SO{sub 2} emissions; (4) face reduced regulatory barriers; and (5)face public acceptance issues in local communities due to perceptions of risk from private sector metal recycling operations.
  • Physical Description: 10 p.

Subject

  • Keyword: Low-Level Radioactive Wastes
  • Keyword: Radioactive Waste Disposal
  • Keyword: Recycling
  • Keyword: Environmental Impacts
  • STI Subject Categories: 05 Nuclear Fuels
  • STI Subject Categories: 32 Energy Conservation, Consumption, And Utilization
  • Keyword: Cost
  • Keyword: Contamination
  • Keyword: Economic Analysis
  • Keyword: Containers

Source

  • Conference: 4. international congress on environmentally conscious design and manufacturing, Cleveland, OH (United States), 23-25 Jul 1996

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: DE96013798
  • Report No.: CONF-9607140--2
  • Grant Number: AC05-96OR22464
  • Office of Scientific & Technical Information Report Number: 378668
  • Archival Resource Key: ark:/67531/metadc687495

Note

  • Display Note: OSTI as DE96013798
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