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  • Pollution prevention strategies used by Oregon hospitals

    Creator:
    Patel, Neha T.
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    Waste generated by the health care industry has been cited as a major source of toxic pollution, including mercury and dioxins, which poses a serious threat to public health. The purpose of this study was to investigate pollution prevention activities of health care facilities in Oregon related to environmentally preferable...
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    Prevention Strategies Used By Oregon Hospitals. Abstract approved: Anna K. Harding Waste generated by the

  • Diffusion of selected radionuclides through Hanford Trench 8 soil material

    Creator:
    Schwab, Kristen E.
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    Shallow land burial in vadose zone sediment at the Hanford Site in Washington is being considered for the disposal of Category 3 low-level waste. A series of column experiments were conducted to evaluate and model the performance of the soil surrounding the trench encasement material for iodine-129 and technetium-99 by...
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    either a temporary or permanent cover.8 2.1.2 Disposal Site Criteria The DOE Radioactive Waste

  • An evaluation of criteria proposed to reauthorize the cleanup of superfund sites : case studies from EPA's Region X

    Creator:
    Williamson, Gina Denise
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    The United States Congress is currently debating a bill to reauthorize the 1980 Superfund Hazardous Waste Cleanup Law. If this bill is not reauthorized by the end of 1995, the program will either continue in its present form or be eliminated altogether.' As currently administered, the Superfund program sets out...
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    Masters Thesis
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    -hazardous constituents. Bioremediation Cap - An impermeable layer that seals a hazardous waste site

  • Pollution prevention in Oregon's electronics industry

    Creator:
    Jones, Cynthia L.
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    Pollution prevention is promoted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and other governmental agencies as a method of reducing the generation of wastes and pollutants. Pollution prevention is also called source reduction because it reduces wastes early in the production process. Source reduction has been used by some industries to...
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    . Nationally, the electronics industry generates a large quantity of hazardous waste. Similarly in Oregon

  • How clean is coal : coal power plant ash pond regulations compared to nuclear reactor decommissioning standards

    Creator:
    Williams, Manuel P.
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    Coal power is the prominent source of energy in the United States (U.S.) and around the world. The byproducts of coal power contain many of the same radioactive nuclides that are found in the local environment just in higher concentrations. With so much of this ash being stockpiled, the amount...
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    site is located in Morrow County in Oregon at 45.7° N Lat., 119.8° W Lon., identified by the blue