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Presidential Permit authorizing Burke-Divide Electirc Cooperative, Inc to construct, operate, and maintain electric transmission facilities at the U.S-Canadian border.

Presidential Permit authorizing Burke-Divide Electirc Cooperative, Inc to construct, operate, and maintain electric transmission facilities at the U.S-Canadian border.

Order authorizing Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative, Inc to export electric energy to Canada.

Order authorizing Burke-Divide Electric Cooperative, Inc to export electric energy to Canada.

order authorizing H.Q Energy Services (U.S) Inc to export electric energy to Mexico.

order authorizing H.Q Energy Services (U.S) Inc to export electric energy to Mexico.

Proposed Decontamination and Disassembly of the Argonne Thermal Source Reactor (ATSR) At Argonne National Laboratory

Proposed Decontamination and Disassembly of the Argonne Thermal Source Reactor (ATSR) At Argonne National Laboratory

In 1991 the Secretary of Energy directed the Assistant Secretary for Environment, Safety and Health to form a Task Group to review tritium facility management practices and identify measures to improve tritium operations. The Task Group issued a report in October 1991 stating that there was an overall lack of attention to managing tritium residues throughout the Department of Energy (Department) complex. The Task Group reported problems at specific Departmental sites, including the Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos). The Task Group stated that Los Alamos had not stressed the importance of maximizing tritium utilization; minimizing the generation of tritium residues, such as scrap and waste; or minimizing the loss of material through environmental releases. The Task Group found that wastewater containing tritium residues had been stored in the laboratory’s operating facilities for as long as 2 years without authorization for its disposal, and that Los Alamos had not prepared a cost analysis to justify disposing of the tritium. One of the Task Group’s concerns was that some of the stored residues represented a significant potential source of release to the environment. The objective of this audit was to determine whether Los Alamos disposed of wastewater containing tritium residues in a safe and cost-effective manner subsequent to the Task Group's report. f

Disposal of Tritium Residues at the Los Alamos National Laboratory