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PAPERBACK list:$62.75 Web:$56.48 add to cart PDF BOOK your price: $48.00 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free Resources PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Going the Distance? The Safe Transport of Spent Nuclear Fuel and High-Level Radioactive Waste in the United States Improving the Regulation and Management of Low-Activity Radioactive Wastes Other Related Titles Affordable Cleanup? Opportunities for Cost Reduction in the Decontamination and Decommissioning of the Nation's Uranium Enrichment Facilities (1996) Commission on Engineering and Technical Systems (CETS) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 306   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. Acronyms ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers AVLIS atomic vapor laser isotope separation BCST Board on Chemical Sciences and Technology (NRC) BEES Board on Energy and Environmental Systems (NRC) BNFL British Nuclear Fuels Bq Becquerel CaF2 calcium fluoride CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (also called "Superfund") CFCs chlorofluorocarbons CFR Code of Federal Regulations Ci curie CIP/CUP cascade improvement and upgrade programs ClF3 chlorine trifluoride cm centimeter CO2 carbon dioxide Cs cesium D&D decontamination and decommissioning D&D Fund U.S. Department of Energy's Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund DOC Decommissioning Operations Contractor DOE U.S. Department of Energy DOT U.S. Department of Transportation dpm disintegrations per minute Page 306 FRONT MATTER (R1-R14) 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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