Open AccessWaste generation and pollution prevention progress fact sheet: Nevada Test Site
Publication year - 1994
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/432813
Subject(s) - population , hanford site , environmental science , las vegas , geology , groundwater , hydrology (agriculture) , mining engineering , radioactive waste , archaeology , geography , engineering , metropolitan area , waste management , demography , geotechnical engineering , sociology
The Nevada Test Site is responsible for maintaining nuclear testing capability, supporting science-based Stockpile Stewardship experiments, maintaining nuclear agency response capability, applying environmental restoration techniques to areas affected by nuclear testing, managing low-level and mixed radioactive waste, investigating demilitarization technologies, investigating counter- proliferation technologies, supporting work-for-others programs and special Department of Defense activities, operating a hazardous materials spill test center, and providing for the commercial development of the site. This fact sheet provides information on routine waste generation and projected reduction by waste type. Also, materials recycled by the Nevada Test Site in 1994 are listed