Mount Holyoke College
Mixed Wastes at USDOE Cleanup Sites: Analysis and Prioritization for USDOE’s Environmental Management Program
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Document Type
Report
Date
Fall 2004
Description
A complete review and analysis of the specific chemical and radiological constituents of mixed waste, combined health effects, and cleanup strategy at Nuclear Weapons Complex sites would be essential to creating a clear national strategy for mixed waste, but this is much too complex and large-scale an endeavor for this project. We intend that this project outline in Part I the general mixed waste issues, including regulation, inventory, and health effects data. In Parts II and III, we focus on two case studies: the Mixed Waste Landfill at Sandia National Laboratories, where contamination of soil and potential groundwater contamination have been reported; and the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories Main Site and Site 300, where we address mixed waste issues in ambient (outdoor) air. Findings and conclusions are contained in Part IV, where we make recommendations on USDOE’s mixed waste management policies, identify data gaps, and prioritize new research. We hope that this report can form the basis of a much broader consideration of the USDOE mixed waste issue for the future.
This research was completed money allocated during Round 5 of the Citizens’ Monitoring and Technical Assessment Fund (MTA Fund). Clark University was named conservator of these works.
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Mount Holyoke College
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Keywords
nuclear weapons, nuclear weapons testing, environment, non-governmental organizations, United States Department of Energy, tribal governments, environmental cleanup, radioactive fallout, radioactive waste
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Location
South Hadley, MA
Recommended Citation
Mount Holyoke College; Digenti, Dori; and Monosson, Emily, "Mixed Wastes at USDOE Cleanup Sites: Analysis and Prioritization for USDOE’s Environmental Management Program" (2004). Mount Holyoke College. 1.
https://commons.clarku.edu/mtholyoke/1