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Transportation News, Volume 39, Number 2, March/April 2014 (open access)

Transportation News, Volume 39, Number 2, March/April 2014

Newsletter published by the Texas Department of Transportation for TxDOT employees including information about the organization, projects throughout the state, and other topics related to transportation in Texas.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Texas. Department of Transportation.
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transporting Waste in Texas--A Guide to Regulations (open access)

Transporting Waste in Texas--A Guide to Regulations

Whether you transport waste in Texas or hire a waste transporter, this publication will help you decide if the waste to be hauled is regulated, who regulates it, how to contact that agency, and what the important requirements are for many of the wastes.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Permitting and Registration Support Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
Transporting Waste in Texas-- A Guide to Regulations (open access)

Transporting Waste in Texas-- A Guide to Regulations

Document explaining the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality's regulations on waste transportation and disposal.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. Permitting and Registration Support Division.
Object Type: Pamphlet
System: The Portal to Texas History
TRS News, March 2014 (open access)

TRS News, March 2014

Newsletter of the Teacher Retirement System of Texas providing updated information about programs, benefits, and related topics.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Teacher Retirement System of Texas
Object Type: Journal/Magazine/Newsletter
System: The Portal to Texas History
Understanding Mechanisms of Radiological Contamination (open access)

Understanding Mechanisms of Radiological Contamination

Over the last 50 years, the study of radiological contamination and decontamination has expanded significantly. This paper addresses the mechanisms of radiological contamination that have been reported and then discusses which methods have recently been used during performance testing of several different decontamination technologies. About twenty years ago the Idaho Nuclear Technology Engineering Center (INTEC) at the INL began a search for decontamination processes which could minimize secondary waste. In order to test the effectiveness of these decontamination technologies, a new simulated contamination, termed SIMCON, was developed. SIMCON was designed to replicate the types of contamination found on stainless steel, spent fuel processing equipment. Ten years later, the INL began research into methods for simulating urban contamination resulting from a radiological dispersal device (RDD). This work was sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and included the initial development an aqueous application of contaminant to substrate. Since 2007, research sponsored by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has advanced that effort and led to the development of a contamination method that simulates particulate fallout from an Improvised Nuclear Device (IND). The IND method diverges from previous efforts to create tenacious contamination by simulating a reproducible “loose” contamination. Examining …
Date: March 1, 2014
Creator: Demmer, Rick; Drake, John & Ryan James, PhD
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
US DOE-EM On-Site Disposal Cell Working Group - Fostering Communication On Performance Assessment Challenges (open access)

US DOE-EM On-Site Disposal Cell Working Group - Fostering Communication On Performance Assessment Challenges

On-site disposal cells are in use and being considered at several U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) sites as the final disposition for large amounts of waste associated with cleanup of contaminated areas and facilities. These facilities are typically developed with regulatory oversight from States and/or the US Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) in addition to USDOE. The facilities are developed to meet design standards for disposal of hazardous waste as well as the USDOE performance based standards for disposal of radioactive waste. The involvement of multiple and different regulators for facilities across separate sites has resulted in some differences in expectations for performance assessments and risk assessments (PA/RA) that are developed for the disposal facilities. The USDOE-EM Office of Site Restoration formed a working group to foster improved communication and sharing of information for personnel associated with these Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) disposal cells and work towards more consistent assumptions, as appropriate, for technical and policy considerations related to performance and risk assessments in support of a Record of Decision and Disposal Authorization Statement. The working group holds teleconferences, as needed, focusing on specific topics of interest. The topics addressed to date include an assessment of the …
Date: March 1, 2014
Creator: Seitz, Roger R.; Suttora, Linda C. & Phifer, Mark
Object Type: Article
System: The UNT Digital Library
War in the Pacific: A Chronology January 1, 1941 through September 30, 1945 (open access)

War in the Pacific: A Chronology January 1, 1941 through September 30, 1945

Text outlining major events in the Pacific Theater throughout World War II, organized by date. It also includes text for the Instrument of Surrender, appendices containing military and war data, a bibliography, and list of related Web sites.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Hyland, George O., III
Object Type: Book
System: The UNT Digital Library
Wharton Journal-Spectator (Wharton, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 1, 2014 (open access)

Wharton Journal-Spectator (Wharton, Tex.), Vol. 125, No. 18, Ed. 1 Saturday, March 1, 2014

Semi-weekly newspaper from Wharton, Texas that includes local, state and national news along with advertising.
Date: March 1, 2014
Creator: Wallace, Bill
Object Type: Newspaper
System: The Portal to Texas History