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      • Tank Waste Processing and Tank Closure

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    Office of Environmental Management
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    Chief Of Nuclear Safety
    The CNS is responsible for ensuring DOE Nuclear Safety Regulations, Standards, Guides, and national/international technical standards are applied.
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    EM Science & Technology
    The Office of Environmental Management (EM) sponsors science and technology development to improve the efficacy, effectiveness, and safety of its cleanup efforts.
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    Excess Materials and Radioactive Waste Management
    As EM fulfills its mission, waste and materials disposition plays a vital role in the cleanup of radioactive waste.
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    Facility D & D
    Deactivation and Decommissioning (D&D) is the process of taking an active/excess/abandoned facility to a final disposition end state.
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    HLW Interpretation

    EM’s high-level radioactive waste interpretation opens avenues for responsible and safe treatment and removal of reprocessing waste at DOE sites.

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    Nuclear Materials
    In fulfilling its mission, EM frequently manages and completes disposition of surplus nuclear materials and spent nuclear fuel.
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    Packaging & Transport
    Radiological shipments are accomplished safely. Annually, about 400 million hazardous materials shipments occur in the US by rail, air, sea, and land.
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    Regulatory Compliance
    The Department of Energy is not a regulatory agency; however it does self-regulate its own radioactive waste.
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    Soil & Groundwater Remediation
    The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) manages one of the largest groundwater and soil remediation efforts in the world.
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    Tank Waste Processing and Tank Closure
    The Department has approximately 88 million gallons of liquid waste stored in underground tanks and approximately 4,000 cubic meters of solid waste.
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