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Suggested Citation:"6 Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1996. The Hanford Tanks: Environmental Impacts and Policy Choices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5403.
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ABBREVIATIONS

ALARA

as low as reasonably achievable

CEQ

Council on Environmental Quality

CERCLA

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act

CFR

Code of Federal Regulations

DEIS

Draft Environment Impact Statement for Hanford Tank Waste Remediation System, 1996

DOE

U.S. Department of Energy

DST

double-shell tank

EDTA

ethylene diamine tetracetic acid

EIS

environmental impact statement

EPA

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

FEIS

Final Environmental Impact Statement for disposal of Hanford Defense High-Level, Transuranic and Tank Wastes, 1987

FR

Federal Register

HEPA

high-efficiency particulate air [filters]

HLW

high-level waste

ICRP

International Commission on Radiological Protection

LAW

low-activity waste

MUST

miscellaneous underground storage tanks

NCRP

National Council on Radiation Protection and Measurements

NEPA

National Environmental Protection Act

NOx

oxides of nitrogen

NRC

National Research Council

PUREX

plutonium uranium extraction

RCRA

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act

SOx

oxides of sulfur

SST

single-shell tank

TPA

Tri-Party Agreement (Hanford Site)

TRUEX

transuranium extraction

TWRS

Tank Waste Remediation System (Hanford Site)

USNRC

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Suggested Citation:"6 Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1996. The Hanford Tanks: Environmental Impacts and Policy Choices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5403.
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UNITS OF MEASURE

Ci (nCi)

curie (nanocurie = 10-9 curies)

cm

centimeter

g (Mg)

gram (megagram)

km

kilometer (km2 = square kilometer)

m

meter (m3 = cubic meters; 1 m3 = 264 gallons U.S.)

W (MW)

watt (MW = megawatt)

CHEMICAL ELEMENTS

Ba

barium (137Ba isotope)

C

carbon (14C isotope)

Cl

chlorine

Cs

cesium (133Cs, 134Cs, 135Cs, 136Cs, and 137Cs isotopes)

Cu

copper

F

fluorine

I

iodine (129I isotope)

Sr

strontium (90Sr isotope)

Tc

technetium (99Tc isotope)

Zr

zirconium (90Zr isotope)

Suggested Citation:"6 Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1996. The Hanford Tanks: Environmental Impacts and Policy Choices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5403.
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Suggested Citation:"6 Abbreviations." National Research Council. 1996. The Hanford Tanks: Environmental Impacts and Policy Choices. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/5403.
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The Hanford Site (also known as the Hanford Reservation) occupies approximately 1,450 km2 (560 square miles) along the Columbia River in south-central Washington, north of the city of Richland. The site was established by the federal government in 1943 to produce plutonium for nuclear weapons. Currently, the mission of the site, under the responsibility of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is management of wastes generated by the weapons program and remediation of the environment contaminated by that waste. As part of that mission, DOE and the State of Washington Department of Ecology prepared the Hanford Site Tank Waste Remediation System Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS).

The Hanford Tanks is a general review of the DEIS. Its findings and recommendations are the subject of this report. Selection of a disposition plan for these wastes is a decision of national importance, involving potential environmental and health risks, technical challenges, and costs of tens to hundreds of billions of dollars. The last comprehensive analysis of these issues was completed 10 years ago, and several major changes in plans have occurred since. Therefore, the current reevaluation is timely and prudent. This report endorses the decision to prepare this new environmental impact statement, and in particular the decision to evaluate a wide range of alternatives not restricted to those encouraged by current regulatory policies.

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