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Electric retail market options: The customer perspective

Description: This report describes various options that are now available for retail electric customers, or that may become available during the next few years as the electric utility industry restructures. These options include different ways of meeting demand for energy services, different providers of service or points of contact with providers, and different pricing structures for purchased services. Purpose of this document is to examine these options from the customer`s perspective: how might being a … more
Date: July 1, 1995
Creator: Hadley, Stanton W. & Hillsman, Edward L.
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University of Michigan -- 1994-5 performance review of D&D activities. Annual report, June 1, 1994--May 31, 1995

Description: In accordance with work proposed to the ORNL D & D Program, UM navigation group has conducted research in two areas: (1) Theoretical and experimental work for the improvement of dead-reckoning accuracy in mobile robots and (2) a comprehensive literature survey on positioning methods for mobile robots. The radiation imaging group has conducted research in: (1) assessing the existing requirements for gamma ray imagers, (2) hot testing of existing gamma ray imagers, and (3) design and testing of a… more
Date: February 24, 1995
Creator: Wehe, D.K.
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Natural Gas Supply SBIR Program

Description: The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program was created in 1982 by Public Law 97-219 and reauthorized in 1992 until the year 2000 by Public Law 102-564. The purposes of the new law are to (1) expand and improve the SBIR program, 2) emphasize the program`s goal of increasing private sector commercialization of technology developed through Federal R&D, (3) increase small business participation in Federal R&D, and (4) improve the Federal Government`s dissemination of information concerni… more
Date: July 1, 1995
Creator: Shoemaker, H.D. & Gwilliam, W.J.
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Low Energy Accelerator Laboratory Technical Area 53, Los Alamos National Laboratory. Environmental assessment

Description: This Environmental Assessment (EA) analyzes the potential environmental impacts that would be expected to occur if the Department of Energy (DOE) were to construct and operate a small research and development laboratory building at Technical Area (TA) 53 at the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), Los Alamos, New Mexico. DOE proposes to construct a small building to be called the Low Energy Accelerator Laboratory (LEAL), at a previously cleared, bladed, and leveled quarter-acre site next to o… more
Date: April 1, 1995
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Annual review of cultural resource investigations by the Savannah River Archaeological Research Program. Fiscal year 1994

Description: The Savannah River Archaeological Research Program (SRARP) of the South Carolina Institute of Archaeology and Anthropology, University of South Carolina, manages archaeological resources on the Savannah River Site (SRS). An ongoing research program provides the theoretical, methodological, and empirical basis for assessing site significance within the compliance process specified by law. The SRARP maintains an active public education program for disseminating knowledge about prehistory and hist… more
Date: October 1, 1994
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Evaluation of density separation and other treatment methods for plastic media blasting (PMB) waste

Description: The United States Air Force has developed plastic media blasting (PMB) to replace solvent paint stripping of its aircraft. This paint blasting operation generates a waste stream of mainly pulverized plastic, but the stream also contains enough paint pigments to make the PMB waste RCRA hazardous. A Phase I study identified density separation as the preferred treatment alternative to land disposal of the entire PMB waste stream in a hazardous landfill. This study found density separation to be a … more
Date: May 1, 1995
Creator: Spence, R.D.; Morgan, I.L. & Trotter, D.R.
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Environmental guidance regulatory bulletin

Description: On September 22,1993, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published [58 Federal Register (FR) 492001 the final OffSite Rule, which defines criteria for approving facilities for receiving waste from response actions taken under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). The off-site requirements apply to the off-site management of hazardous substances, pollutants, and contaminants, as defined under CERCLA, that are generated from remedial and remova… more
Date: December 1, 1994
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Characterization of stored defense production spent nulcear fuel and associated materials at Hanford Site, Richland Washington: Environmental assessment

Description: There are about 2,100 tonnes (2,300 tons) of defense production spent nuclear fuel stored in the 100-K Area Basins located along the south shore of the Columbia River in the northern part of the Hanford Site. Some of the fuel which has been in storage for a number of years is in poor condition and continues to deteriorate. The basins also contain fuel fragments and radioactively contaminated sludge. The DOE needs to characterize defense production spent nuclear fuel and associated materials sto… more
Date: March 1, 1995
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The Aegis initiative: An integrated, real-time, environmental monitoring and response management capability. Final report

Description: The Aegis system at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) is being developed to provide a real-time emergency response management capability for a diverse range of environmental monitoring applications. The Aegis system is designed to integrate a variety of environmental, emergency, and process monitoring sensor systems using a flexible, modular architecture that can be readily configured for any number of industrial, commercial, or government sites. Several unique LLNL technologies are… more
Date: March 21, 1995
Creator: Smart, J.C. & Vellinger, R.J.
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Crisis prevention centers as confidence building measures: Suggestions for Northeast Asia

Description: Relationships between countries generally exist somewhere in the grey area between war and peace. Crisis prevention activities are particularly important and should have two goals: stabilizing tense situations that could push countries toward war, and supporting or reinforcing efforts to move countries toward peace. A Crisis Prevention Center (CPC) should facilitate efforts to achieve these goals. Its functions can be grouped into three broad, inter-related categories: establishing and facilita… more
Date: May 1, 1995
Creator: Pregenzer, A.L.
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The Amtex DAMA Project: The Brookhaven contribution

Description: The Amtex Partnership organized in 1993 as a Technology Transfer Collaboration among members of the integrated textile industry, the DOE National Laboratories, a number of universities, and several research/education/technology transfer organizations (RETTs). Under the Amtex umbrella organization, a number of technology areas were defined and individual projects were launched addressing various aspects of improving the health and competitiveness of the American textile industry. The first and, … more
Date: January 1, 1995
Creator: Peskin, A. M.
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European Fuel Cells R&D Review. Final report, Purchase Order No. 062014

Description: Aim of the Review is to present a statement on the status of fuel cell development in Europe, addressing the research, development and demonstration (RD&D) and commercialization activities being undertaken, identifying key European organizations active in development and commercialization of fuel cells and detailing their future plans. This document describes the RD&D activities in Europe on alkaline, phosphoric acid, polymer electrolyte, direct methanol, solid oxide, and molten carbonate fuel … more
Date: September 1994
Creator: Michael, P. D. & Maguire, J.
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Decision-making in demand-side management collaboratives: The influence of non-utility parties on electric-utility policies and programs

Description: Since the late 1980s, a number of electric utilities and interested non-utility parties (NUPs)-such as environmental groups, large industrial customers, and state government agencies-have tried a new approach to reaching agreement on program design and policy issues related to utility use of Demand-Side Management (DSM) resources. Through this new arrangement, known as the DSM collaborative process, parties who have often been adversaries attempt to resolve their differences through compromise … more
Date: July 1, 1995
Creator: Schweitzer, M.; English, M. & Schexnayder, S.
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Site environmental report for calendar year 1994, Yucca Mountain Site, Nye County, Nevada.

Description: The Yucca Mountain Site Characterization office has established an environmental program to ensure that facilities are operated in order to protect, maintain, and restore environmental quality, minimize potential threats to the environment and the public, and comply with environmental policies and US DOE orders. The status of the environmental program has been summarized in this annual report to characterize performance, confirm compliance with environmental requirements, and highlight signific… more
Date: June 1, 1995
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Assessing the impacts of climate change on natural resource systems

Description: This volume is a collection of papers addressing the theme of potential impacts of climatic change. Papers are entitled Integrated Assessments of the Impacts of Climatic Change on Natural Resources: An Introductory Editorial; Framework for Integrated Assessments of Global Warming Impacts; Modeling Land Use and Cover as Part of Global Environmental Change; Assessing Impacts of Climatic Change on Forests: The State of Biological Modeling; Integrating Climatic Change and Forests: Economic and Ecol… more
Date: November 30, 1994
Creator: Frederick, Kenneth D. & Rosenberg, Norman J.
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P2 performance measurement tools workbook: Draft

Description: The underlying purpose of the Department of Energy`s (DOE) Waste Minimization and Pollution Prevention (WMin/P2) Program is compliance with the waste management regulations set forth by the DOE, the federal government, and individual state and local agencies 1. In addition to these regulatory mandates, the increases in waste management costs and public interest in environmental issues have created other drivers to develop and demonstrate an effective WMin/P2 Program. The Waste Minimization Divi… more
Date: June 1, 1995
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Environmental assessment for construction and operation of a Human Genome Laboratory at Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, California

Description: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory (LBL) proposes to construct and operate a new laboratory for consolidation of current and future activities of the Human Genome Center (HGC). This document addresses the potential direct, indirect, and cumulative environmental and human-health effects from the proposed facility construction and operation. This document was prepared in accordance the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (United States Codes 42 USC 4321-4347) (NEPA) and the US Department of Energ… more
Date: December 1, 1994
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The global sustainability project and the LLNL China energy systems model

Description: The sustainability of our modern way of life is becoming a major concern of both our domestic and international policy. The Rio conference on the environment and the recent Kyoto conference on global climate change are two indications of the importance of solving global environmental problem. Energy is a key component in global sustainability since obtaining and using it has major environmental effects. If our energy systems are to be sustainable in the long run, they must be structured using t… more
Date: February 1, 1999
Creator: Harris, N.; Lamont, A.; Stewart, J. & Woodrow, C.
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Enforcement actions: Significant actions resolved material licensees (non-medical). Volume 14, No. 1, Part 3, Quarterly progress report, January--March 1995

Description: This compilation summarizes significant enforcement actions that have been resolved during one quarterly period (January--March 1995) and includes copies of letters, Notices, and Orders sent by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to Material Licensees (non-Medical) with respect to these enforcement actions. It is anticipated that the information in this publication will be widely disseminated to managers and employees engaged in activities licensed by the NRC, so that actions can be taken to impr… more
Date: May 1, 1995
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Hazardous waste management in the Pacific basin

Description: Hazardous waste control activities in Asia and the Pacific have been reviewed. The review includes China (mainland, Hong Kong, and Taiwan), Indonesia, Korea, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Singapore, and Thailand. It covers the sources of hazardous waste, the government structure for dealing with hazardous waste, and current hazardous waste control activities in each country. In addition, the hazardous waste program activities of US government agencies, US private-sector organizat… more
Date: November 1994
Creator: Cirillo, R. R.; Chiu, S.; Chun, K. C.; Conzelmann, G.; Carpenter, R. A. & Indriyanto, S. H.
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Pulp and paper program fact sheets

Description: Summaries are presented of Argonne technology transfer research projects in: sustainable forest management, environmental performance, energy performance, improved capital effectiveness, recycling, and sensors and controls. Applications in paper/pulp industry, other industries, etc. are covered.
Date: July 1, 1995
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The green hydrogen report. The 1995 progress report of the Secretary of Energy`s Hydrogen Technical Advisory Panel

Description: This report presents the idea that hydrogen and electricity, ultimately derived from renewable technologies, will serve as the clean, inexhaustible energy carriers in the next century. The widespread introduction of these energy forms would dramatically reduce the nation`s air pollution, enhance its energy security, and ameliorate potential global climate problems. The topics of the report include the role of hydrogen, research priorities, and use of hydrogen in surface transportation and aircr… more
Date: July 1, 1995
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A model for determining the scope and level of detail that is appropriate for a programmatic EIS

Description: Since the inception of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), no definitive guidance has been established for determining the scope of topics and issues, or the level of detail suitable for presentation within a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (P-EIS). Lacking such guidance, an inordinate amount of time and resources can be expended in determining the scope that is most appropriately addressed within a P-EIS versus the more detailed scope that is best reserved for lower-tier … more
Date: March 1, 1995
Creator: Eccleston, C.H.
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