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The Energy Policy Act of 1992 called on the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a study and provide recommendations for reducing the costs of decontaminating and decommissioning (D&D) the nation's uranium enrichment facilities located at Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Raducah, Kentucky; and Portsmouth, Ohio. This volume examines the existing plans and cost estimates for the D&D of these facilities, including such elements as technologies, planning and management, and identifies approaches that could reduce D&D costs. It also assesses options for disposition of the large quantities of depleted uranium hexafluoride that are stored at these sites.

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National Research Council. 1996. Affordable Cleanup?: Opportunities for Cost Reduction in the Decontamination and Decommissioning of the Nation's Uranium Enrichment Facilities. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/5114.

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324 pages |  8.5 x 11 | 

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  • Paperback:  978-0-309-05438-6
  • Ebook:  978-0-309-17587-6
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17226/5114
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FRONT MATTER i-xiv
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1-14
1 INTRODUCTION 15-26
2 THE GDP SITES: PROCESS, FACILITIES, INVENTORIES, AND RISKS 27-48
3 DECONTAMINATION PROCESSES 49-78
4 ANALYSES OF THE D&D COST ESTIMATES FOR THE GDPs 79-102
5 PLANNING THE D&D PROGRAM 103-126
6 OPPORTUNITIES FOR D&D COST REDUCTION 127-156
7 DISPOSITION OF THE DUF6 157-182
8 MAJOR RECOMMENDATIONS 183-192
APPENDICES 193-194
A: STATEMENT OF TASK 195-196
B: THE COMMITTEE 197-199
C: COMMITTEE MEETINGS AND ACTIVITIES 200-209
D: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES OF COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND STAFF 210-219
E: RADIONUCLIDE CHARACTERIZATION AND DETECTION 220-232
F: AUTOMATION AND ROBOTICS 233-235
G: NUCLEAR CRITICALITY 236-243
H: PREVIOUS DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING EFFORTS 244-255
I: WASTE TREATMENT 256-261
J: REVIEW OF EXISTING COST ESTIMATES 262-295
GLOSSARY 296-305
ACRONYMS 306-309

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