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Synopsis |
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Executive Summary |
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1 Background And Study Task |
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7 | (3) |
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1.2 S&T Development in the Cleanup Program |
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10 | (2) |
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1.3 Approach for Carrying Out This Study |
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12 | (5) |
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1.3.1 Committee Interpretation of Congressional Request |
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1.3.2 Committee Work Plan |
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16 | (1) |
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2 Review Of Doe-Em Technology Development Efforts |
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2.1 Science and Technology in DOE-EM |
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2.1.2 Headquarters-Managed S&T |
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2.1.3 Coordination and Communication of S&T |
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2.2 DOE-EM Leadership Views on S&T |
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34 | (2) |
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2.3 Findings and Recommendations |
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36 | (11) |
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3 Review And Assessment Of Technologies And Alternative Approaches |
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3.1 Technologies and Alternative Approaches |
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3.1.1 Change Chemistry at Bulk and Interfacial Scales |
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3.1.2 Change Nuclear Properties |
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3.1.3 Change Human Involvement |
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51 | (1) |
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3.1.4 Change Interrogation Approaches |
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51 | (1) |
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3.1.5 Change Modeling and Visualization Approaches |
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3.1.6 Change Disposal Pathways |
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3.1.7 Change Decision-Making Approaches |
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3.2 Application of Technologies and Alternative Approaches |
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3.2.1 Characterize and Retrieve Heterogeneous, Highly Radioactive Wastes from Large Underground Tanks Without Degrading Tank Integrity or the Immediate Surroundings |
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3.2.2 Stabilize Residual Tank Waste and Underground Tanks in Place |
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60 | (2) |
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3.2.3 Improve the Efficiency and Effectiveness of In Situ Monitoring of Physical and Chemical Conditions Within and Beneath Underground Tanks |
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3.2.4 Develop Real-Time Capabilities for In Situ Analysis and Modification of Waste Streams During Processing to Reduce the Need for Batching and Batch Storage |
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3.2.5 Separate Long-Lived and Environmentally Mobile Radioactive Constituents from Waste Streams |
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3.2.6 Rapidly, Remotely, and Safely Characterize and Remove Radioactive Contamination from Equipment and Buildings |
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3.2.7 Characterize and Stabilize and/or Retrieve Contamination in the Vadose Zone |
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3.2.8 Remotely Monitor the Physical and Chemical Environments in Waste Disposal Cells and Surface and Near-Surface Barriers |
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3.2.9 Monitor the Locations and Movements of Subsurface Contaminant Plumes |
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References |
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Appendixes |
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A Congressional Request For The National Academies' Study |
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B Major National Academies Reports On Waste Management And Environmental Cleanup Of Nuclear Weapons Complex |
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C Committee And Staff Biographies |
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D Presentations And Site Visits |
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E Doe Sites Visited By The Committee |
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