Nuclear Weapons Complex : Management for Health, Safety, and the Environment.

Nuclear Weapons Complex : Management for Health, Safety, and the Environment.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Staff, National Research Council
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington : National Academies Press, 1900.
Subjects:
Nuclear weapons plants > United States > Safety measures.
Nuclear weapons plants > Environmental aspects > United States.
Nuclear weapons plants > Employees > Health and hygiene > United States.
Nuclear weapons plants > Employees > Health and hygiene
Nuclear weapons plants > Environmental aspects
Nuclear weapons plants > Safety measures
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • ""The Nuclear Weapons Complex""; ""Copyright""; ""Preface""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""MANAGEMENT""; ""ENVIRONMENT""; ""SAFETY""; ""HEALTH""; ""MODERNIZATION""; ""1 Introduction""; ""THE NUCLEAR WEAPONS COMPLEX""; ""THE CURRENT SITUATION""; ""THE CHALLENGES""; ""Setting Production Goals""; ""Setting Priorities""; ""Using Technical Strengths""; ""Developing and Maintaining Competence""; ""Changing the DOE Culture""; ""2 Management""; ""THE MANAGEMENT STRUCTURE""; ""Contractors""; ""Award Fees""; ""Contractor Turnover""; ""External Oversight""; ""CHANGES""
  • ""AREAS FOR IMPROVEMENT""""Simple Lines of Authority""; ""Decisionmaking Processes""; ""Internal Oversight Structure""; ""Communication""; ""Directives from Headquarters""; ""Exchange of Information within the Complex""; ""Independent Technical Advice""; ""Availability of Qualified Personnel""; ""Recruitment""; ""Training""; ""3 Environment""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""Background""; ""Recent Initiatives""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION""; ""SETTING STANDARDS AND PRIORITIES ACROSS THE COMPLEX""; ""Risk-Based Cleanup Standards""; ""National Priority System""
  • ""Characterization of Contaminated Sites""""WASTE MANAGEMENT""; ""Waste Minimization""; ""Process Development""; ""ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH""; ""Types of Research Needed""; ""The Role of DOE Measurement Laboratories""; ""DOE'S ENVIRONMENTAL RESPONSIBILITY""; ""Participation by the Public and by Local and State Officials in Environmental Programs""; ""Ecological Value of DOE Lands""; ""4 Safety""; ""INTRODUCTION""; ""INDUSTRIAL SAFETY""; ""Inhalation of Radioactive Materials""; ""Contamination in Ductwork""; ""Conventional Industrial Safety Practices""
  • ""Sitewide Emergency Control Centers and Local Monitoring of Safety Systems""""FIRE SAFETY""; ""Variations in Operational Approach""; ""Fire Protection Audits""; ""Personnel and Equipment""; ""CRITICALITY SAFETY""; ""SEISMIC SAFETY""; ""DOE Practice""; ""Earthquake Criteria""; ""Upgrading Old Facilities""; ""5 Health""; ""OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH""; ""The Role of Medical Expertise""; ""Chemical Hazards""; ""ASSESSING RISKS TO HEALTH""; ""Monitoring in the Workplace""; ""Research on Effects of Exposure to Low Levels of Radiation""; ""Epidemiology on Exposure of Workers""
  • ""Epidemiology on Exposure of the Nonworker Population""""6 Modernization of the Complex""; ""THE DOE MODERNIZATION REPORT""; ""Capacity for Processing Plutonium""; ""Renovation and Modernization""; ""OPPORTUNITIES FOR ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY""; ""Upgrading the Chemical Processing of Plutonium""; ""Computing and Communications Technology""; ""Robotics""; ""Appendixes""; ""Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members""; ""Appendix B The DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex: A Descriptive Overview""; ""WEAPONS LABORATORIES""; ""MATERIALS PRODUCTION FACILITIES""; ""Heavy Metal Production""

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