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Health and environmental effects document on geothermal energy: 1981

Description: Several of the important health and environmental risks associated with a reference geothermal industry that produces 21,000 MW/sub e/ for 30 y (equivalent to 20 x 10/sup 18/ J) are assessed. The analyses of health effects focus on the risks associated with exposure to hydrogen sulfide, particulate sulfate, benzene, mercury, and radon in air and arsenic in water. Results indicate that emissions of hydrogen sulfide are likely to cause odor-related problems in geothermal resources areas, assuming… more
Date: December 4, 1981
Creator: Layton, D. W.; Anspaugh, L. R. & O'Banion, K. D.
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Methods for developing seismic and extreme wind-hazard models for evaluating critical structures and equipment at US Department of Energy facilities and commercial plutonium facilities in the United States

Description: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is developing seismic and wind hazard models for the US Department of Energy (DOE). The work is part of a three-phase effort to establish building design criteria developed with a uniform methodology for seismic and wind hazards at the various DOE sites throughout the United States. In Phase 1, LLNL gathered information on the sites and their critical facilities, including nuclear reactors, fuel-reprocessing plants, high-level waste storage and trea… more
Date: February 4, 1981
Creator: Coats, D. W.; Murray, R. C. & Bernreuter, D. L.
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Preliminary investigation of interconnected systems interactions for the safety injection system of Indian Point-3

Description: The rich diversity of ideas and techniques for analyzing interconnected systems interaction has presented the NRC with the problem of identifying methods appropriate for their own review and audit. This report presents the findings of a preliminary study using the Digraph Matrix Analysis method to evaluate interconnected systems interactions for the safety injection system of Indian Point-3. The analysis effort in this study was subjected to NRC constraints regarding the use of Boolean logic, t… more
Date: March 4, 1983
Creator: Alesso, H.P.; Lappa, D.A.; Smith, C.F. & Sacks, I.J.
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Environmental Hazards Assessment Program. Quarterly report, January 1994--March 1994

Description: The objectives of the EHAP program are to: Develop a holistic, national basis for risk assessment, risk management and risk communication; Develop a pool of talented scientists and experts in cleanup activities, especially in human health aspects, and; Identify needs and develop programs addressing the critical shortage of well-educated, highly-skilled technical and scientific personnel to address the health oriented aspects of environmental restoration and waste management. This report describ… more
Date: May 4, 1994
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PARALLELS OF RADIATION- AND FINANCIAL-RISK MANAGEMENT ON PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE

Description: The financial collapse of 2007 provides an opportunity for a cross-discipline comparison of risk assessments. Flaws in financial risk assessments bear part of the blame for the financial collapse. There may be a potential for similar flaws to be made in radiological risk assessments. Risk assessments in finance and health physics are discussed in the context of a broader view of the risk management environment. Flawed risk assessments can adversely influence public acceptance of radiological te… more
Date: January 4, 2010
Creator: Hogue, M.
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Quantifying Cost Risk Early in the Life Cycle

Description: A new method for analyzing life cycle cost risk on large programs is presented that responds to an increased emphasis on improving sustainability for long-term programs. This method provides better long-term risk assessment and risk management techniques. It combines standard Monte Carlo analysis of risk drivers and a new data-driven method developed by the BMDO. The approach permits quantification of risks throughout the entire life cycle without resorting to difficult to support subjective me… more
Date: November 4, 2004
Creator: Mar, B.
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Evaluation of the seismic integrity of a plutonium-handling facility

Description: Many studies have been made by and for the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) to ensure the seismic safety of its Plutonium Facility (Building 332). These studies have included seismological and geologic field investigations to define the actual seismic hazard existing at the Laboratory site as well as structural studies of the Facility itself. Because the basic seismic design criteria has undergone changes over the years, numerous structural studies and upgrades have been completed.… more
Date: February 4, 1981
Creator: Coats, D.W.
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Assessing Vulnerabilities, Risks, and Consequences of Damage to Critical Infrastructure

Description: Since the publication of 'Critical Foundations: Protecting America's Infrastructure,' there has been a keen understanding of the complexity, interdependencies, and shared responsibility required to protect the nation's most critical assets that are essential to our way of life. The original 5 sectors defined in 1997 have grown to 18 Critical Infrastructures and Key Resources (CIKR), which are discussed in the 2009 National Infrastructure Protection Plan (NIPP) and its supporting sector-specific… more
Date: February 4, 2011
Creator: Suski, N. & Wuest, C.
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The consequences of accidental releases during rail shipments of radioactive strontium

Description: Large quantities of radiostrontium inn the form of strontium carbonate have been shipped from HAPO in the HAPO-II shipping systems. Modifications have recently been completed to equip the two HAPO-I systems for shipments of strontium. This report updates previous hazards evaluations such shipments, to account for the greater strontium inventory of the HAPO-I system.
Date: January 4, 1963
Creator: Watson, E. C.; Junkins, R. L.; Fuquay, J. J. & Zahn, L. L.
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DETERMINATION OF THE IMPACT OF GLYCOLATE ON ARP AND MCU OPERATIONS

Description: Savannah River Remediation (SRR) is evaluating an alternate flowsheet for the Defense Waste Processing Facility (DWPF) using glycolic acid as a reductant. An important aspect of the development of the glycolic acid flowsheet is determining if glycolate has any detrimental downstream impacts. Testing was performed to determine if there is any impact to the strontium and actinide sorption by monosodium titanate (MST) and modified monosodium titanate (mMST) or if there is an impact to the cesium r… more
Date: June 4, 2012
Creator: Taylor-Pashow, K.; Peters, T. & Shehee, T.
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GIS-Based Population Model Applied to Nevada Transportation Routes

Description: Recently, a model based on geographic information system (GIS) processing of US Census Block data has made high-resolution population analysis for transportation risk analysis technically and economically feasible. Population density bordering each kilometer of a route may be tabulated with specific route sections falling into each of three categories (Rural, Suburban or Urban) identified for separate risk analysis. In addition to the improvement in resolution of Urban areas along a route, the … more
Date: March 4, 1999
Creator: Mills, G.S. & Neuhauser, K.S.
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Accident Sequence Precursor Program Large Early Release Frequency Model Development

Description: The objectives for the ASP large early release frequency (LERF) model development work is to build a Level 2 containment response model that would capture all of the events necessary to define LERF as outlined in Regulatory Guide 1.174, can be directly interfaced with the existing Level 1 models, is technically correct, can be readily modified to incorporate new information or to represent another plant, and can be executed in SAPHIRE. The ASP LERF models being developed will meet these objecti… more
Date: January 4, 1999
Creator: Brownson, Douglas A.; Brown, Thomas D.; Duran, Felicia A.; Gregory, Julie J. & Rodrick, Edward G.
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Calculation notes that support accident scenario and consequence development for the steam intrusion from interfacing systems accident

Description: This document supports the development and presentation of the following accident scenario in the TWRS Final Safety Analysis Report (FSAR): Steam Intrusion From Interfacing Systems. The calculations needed to quantify the risk associated with this accident scenario are included in the following sections to aid in the understanding of this accident scenario. Information validation forms citing assumptions that were approved for use specifically in this analysis are included in Appendix A. Copies… more
Date: March 4, 1997
Creator: Van Vleet, R.J.; Ryan, G.W.; Crowe, R.D. & Lindberg, S.E., Fluor Daniel Hanford
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Environmental assessment for the proposed CMR Building upgrades at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico. Final document

Description: In order to maintain its ability to continue to conduct uninterrupted radioactive and metallurgical research in a safe, secure, and environmentally sound manner, the US Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to upgrade the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) Chemistry and Metallurgy Research (CMR) Building. The building was built in the early 1950s to provide a research and experimental facility for analytical chemistry, plutonium and uranium chemistry, and metallurgy. Today, research and develo… more
Date: February 4, 1997
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Contamination of the Northern Oceans from Releases of Radioactivity from the Former Soviet Union

Description: During the Cold War the handling of Soviet military nuclear wastes was a classified topic--kept secret to hide the status and readiness of Soviet military forces. Following the end of the Cold War information about the handling of nuclear wastes by agencies of the Former Soviet Union (FSU) became available. The US Government response to the disclosure of disposal of radioactive wastes into the Arctic Ocean and into rivers that drain into the Arctic Ocean was the finding of the Arctic Nuclear Wa… more
Date: June 4, 1999
Creator: Gomez, Leo S.
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Sensitivity in risk assessment for the Yucca Mountain high-level nuclear waste repository site: The model and the data. Final report

Description: The final report for the research in the area of `Sensitivity in Risk Assessment for the Yucca Mountain High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository Site: The Model and the Data` includes the following contributions: A. Articles (1) Ho, C.-H. 1993. Time Regimes in the Volcanic History of Vesuvius: 1631-1944, Bulletin of Volcanology. (2) Ho, C.-H. 1993. Sensitivity in Risk Assessment for the Yucca Mountain High-Level Nuclear Waste Repository Site: The Model and the Data. B. Paper presented, `Comments on … more
Date: October 4, 1993
Creator: Ho, Chih-Hsiang
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Health and Safety Management Plan for the Plutonium Stabilization and Packaging System

Description: This Health and Safety Management Plan (HSMP) presents safety and health policies and a project health and safety organizational structure designed to minimize potential risks of harm to personnel performing activities associated with Plutonium Stabilization and Packaging System (Pu SPS). The objectives of the Pu SPS are to design, fabricate, install, and startup of a glovebox system for the safe repackaging of plutonium oxides and metals, with a requirement of a 50-year storage period. This HS… more
Date: June 4, 1996
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Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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Why semiconductors must be hardened when used in space

Description: The natural space radiation environment presents a great challenge to present and future satellite systems with significant assets in space. Defining requirements for such systems demands knowledge about the space radiation environment and its effects on electronics and optoelectronics technologies, as well as suitable risk assessment of the uncertainties involved. For mission of high radiation levels, radiation-hardened integrated circuits will be required to preform critical mission functions… more
Date: January 4, 2000
Creator: Winokur, P. S.
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