Nuclear Waste Cleanup, Paducah, KY: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Energy Research, Development, Production, and Regulation of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Sixth Congress, Second Session, on the April, 2000 Report Entitled "Nuclear Waste Cleanup--DOE's Paducah Plan Faces Uncertainties and Excludes Costly Cleanup Activities," June 27, 2000 |
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Page 22 - DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Mr. Chairman, and members of the Subcommittee, I am William D. Magwood, IV, Director of the Department of Energy's Office of Nuclear Energy, Science and Technology.
Page 6 - EPA to respond to releases, or threatened releases, of hazardous substances that may endanger public health, welfare, or the environment.
Page 17 - We will remove the remaining 51,000 tons of contaminated scrap metal stored in outside storage areas, allowing characterization of the ground underneath the piles. The funds will be used to continue stabilization activities in two shut down buildings. We will also be able to characterize and dispose of the remaining 9,000 drums of low-level radioactive waste, some of which are currently stored in deteriorating drums, and ship 2,000 drums of mixed waste to an offsite disposal facility. These activities...
Page 22 - IV, follows:] PREPARED STATEMENT OF WILLIAM D. MAGWOOD, IV, DIRECTOR OF THE OFFICE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, US DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Mr.
Page 24 - I ask for your support for this budget request. Even though the material is stored safely and managed effectively, the Department recognizes that it must deal with the final disposition of this inventory in an expeditious manner. Accordingly, and in compliance with the intent of Public Law 105-204 passed in 1998, the Department is proceeding with plans for a project to build and operate conversion facilities to chemically convert the inventory into a form better suited to both storage and ultimate...
Page 14 - Mountain," a large scrap pile containing thousands of drums, which is a suspected source of contamination of the Big and Little Bayou Creeks from surface run-off. We will remove the remaining 51,000 tons of contaminated scrap metal stored in outside storage areas, allowing characterization of the ground underneath the piles.
Page 16 - ... on-the-ground contributions. Since the inception of this program, we have seen over 450 deployments at DOE sites of approximately 200 new technologies that were sponsored by EM'S science and technology program. One of my priorities since becoming Assistant Secretary in EM has been, and will continue to be, to bring the best science and technology to bear on solving the cleanup challenges facing the Department. Working Cooperatively to Resolve Regulatory Issues The Department has worked closely...
Page 2 - GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE Ms. JONES. Thank you, Mr. Chairman. We are pleased to be here today to discuss DOE's project to develop a nuclear waste repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
Page 4 - The materials in these areas include thousands of barrels of low level radioactive waste, PCB waste, and asbestos waste, contaminated process equipment, various items and containers whose contents are unknown, and scrap metal. DOE has not yet determined the exact nature and extent of contamination in these areas, but it has identified 73 of them as posing a risk of an uncontrolled nuclear reaction.