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China Energy Reports

Clean Coal Reports

Space Reactor Reports

    Pictorial tour of space reactor concepts, SP-100 applications and the SP-100 design, Parker and Demuth, LA-UR-00-6011 (2000).
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Characterization and Image Processing

Image Processing Applied to Environmental Characterization
Ed Van Eeckhout
LA-UR-99-1750 (March 1999)
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Environmental Waste Site Characterization Utilizing Aerial Photographs, Remote Sensing, and Surface Geophysics
Paul A. Pope, Edward M. Van Eeckhout, Cheryl K. Rofer, William Scott Baldridge, John F. Ferguson, George Jiracek, Lee K. Balick, Nick E. Josten, and Mike Carpenter
LA-UR-96-1371 (April 1996)
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Environmental Waste Site Characterization Utilizing Aerial Photographs and Satellite Imagery: Three Sites in New Mexico, USA
Ed Van Eeckhout, Paul Pope, Cheryl Rofer, Naomi Becker, Bob Wells, April Lewis, and Nancy David
LA-UR-96-1172 (April 1996)
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History of a Landfill Site near Las Cruces, New Mexico
April Lewis and Ed Van Eeckhout
LA-UR-96-649 (March 1996)
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Remote Sensing Characterization of Selected Waste Sites at the Los Alamos National Laboratory
Nancy David, Irving Ginsberg, Ed Van Eeckhout, Lee Balik, April Lewis, J. B. Odenweller, G. A. Stahl, W. A. Tyler, and R. M. Weber
LA-UR-95-3646 (October 1995)
Published in Environmental Geosciences, vol. 3, no. 1, 1996
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Applying GIS in Characterizing and Modeling Contaminant Transport in Surface Water at Los Alamos National Laboratory
Naomi Becker, Nancy David, John Irvine, and Ed Van Eeckhout
LA-UR-95-3388 (October 1995)
Presented at Application of GIS in Hydrology and Water Res. Mgmt., Vienna, Austria, April 1996
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Waste Site Characterization Through Digital Analysis of Historical Aerial Photographs
Paul Pope, Ed Van Eeckhout, and Cheryl Rofer
LA-UR-95-812 (July 1995)
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Waste Site and Test Range Characterization Through Digital Analysis of Historical Aerial Photographs at Los Alamos National Laboratory and Eglin Air Force Base
Ed Van Eeckhout, Paul Pope, Bob Wells, Cheryl Rofer, and Brad Martin
LA-UR-95-1270 (May 1995)
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EnviroSim

SUMMARY - Environmental Management Policy Analysis - using - Complex System Simulation (EnviroSim)
Ed Van Eeckhout, Doug Roberts, Rob Oakes, Andrew Shieh, Wayne Hardie
LA-UR-98-5223 (November 1998)
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DRAFT - Environmental Management Policy Analysis - using - Complex System Simulation (EnviroSim)
William R. Oakes, Edward Van Eeckhout, R. Wayne Hardie
LA-UR-98-1269 (April 1998)
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PRESENTATION - Environmental Management Policy Analysis - using - Complex System Simulation (EnviroSim)
Ed Van Eeckhout, Rob Oakes, Wayne Hardie
LA-UR-99-1781 (February 1998)
(This was an internal LANL presentation to Bruce Erdal and Jerry Boak, Environmental Management program office, on February 3, 1998.)
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Environmental Technology Cost-Savings Analysis Project (ETCAP)

1999

Estimating Cost Savings of Innovative Technologies
Ed Van Eeckhout, Scott DeMuth, and Janet Harry
LA-UR-99-5565 (October 1999)
This is a poster that was presented at the 11th Technology Information Exchange conference in Las Vegas, NV on October 26, 1999 and must be downloaded using Acrobat 4.0. Earlier versions of Acrobat will not work.
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An Interpretation of Technology Diffusion Patterns for the U.S. Department of Energy's Environmental Management Program
Mark Cummings
LA-UR-99-1378 (March 1999)
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1998

Revised Cost Savings Estimate for Enhanced Sludge Washing of Underground Storage Tank Waste at Hanford
Scott DeMuth, Andrew Shieh
LA-UR-98-3929 (December 1998)
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DOE-Developed Environmental Technologies: An Analysis of Cost Savings Complex Wide
Mark Cummings, Scott DeMuth, Janet Harry, Andy McCown, Bruce Mutter, and Ed Van Eeckhout
LA-UR-98-5517, 39 pp. (October 1998)
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Standard Life-Cycle Cost-Savings Analysis Methodology for Deployment of Innovative Technologies
U. S. Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Management, Federal Energy Technology Center (October 30, 1998)
This document exists at ftp://www.em.doe.gov/pub/incoming/CostSvgs/ but was unaccessible so it is posted here as a pdf.
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Cost Benefit of Caustic Recycle for Tank Waste Remediation at the Hanford and Savannah River Sites
Scott DeMuth and D. Kurath
LA-UR-98-3339, 39 pp. (July 1998)
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Cost Effectiveness of Crystalline Silico-Titanate and Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Ion Exchange Resins, and Enhanced Sludge Washing with and without Chromium Oxidation
Scott DeMuth
LA-UR-97-3903, 31 pp. (October 1997)
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1997

Cost Effectiveness of Detritiating Water with Resin Columns
Robert H. Drake and Donna Supulver Williams
LA-UR-97-5056 (October 1997)
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Use of Data Fusion to Optimize Contaminant Transport Predictions
Ed Van Eeckhout
LA-UR-98-0845 (October 1997)
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ETCAP Overview Viewgraphs
LA-UR-99-2367
(August 1997)
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ETCAP Publication List
(June 1997)
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Expedited Site Characterization
Iain McCreary and Steven R. Booth
LA-UR-97-2215 (March 1997)
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Cost-Benefit Analysis for Tank Focus Area Technology Development Across Unit Operations
Scott DeMuth and D. Kurath
LA-UR-96-3120, 4 pp. (January 1997)
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1996

Estimating Heel Retrieval Costs for Underground Storage Tank Waste
Scott DeMuth
LA-UR-96-3038, 16 pp. (December 1996)
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Cost Effectiveness of Microwave Vitrification
Gary Thayer, David Temer, Mark Bibeault, and Steven Booth
LA-UR-96-4777 (September 1996)
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A Compendium of Cost Data for Environmental Remediation Technologies
Shelley Brown DuTeaux
LA-UR-96-2205, 109 pp. (August 1996)
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This compendium provides a representative sample of cost information for environmental remediation technologies used in the treatment of hazardous, radioactive, and mixed waste. Data were gathered from a variety of sources and summarized to provide actual cost summaries or engineering cost estimates, site characteristics, and comments detailing remedial projects. This compendium is a searchable data base as well as the report above. The searchable data base can be accessed via: http://www.lanl.gov/projects/etcap

Remotely Piloted Vehicles
Andy McCown
LA-UR-96-2300 (July 1996)
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Medite Plant Emissions Control Cost Analysis
Iain McCreary, Mark Cummings, and Steven R. Booth
LA-UR-96-1714 (June 1996)
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Passive Soil Vapor Extraction: A Cost Effectiveness Study
Mark Cummings and Steven R. Booth
(published in Remediation: The Journal of Environmental Cleanup Costs, Technologies & Techniques, Volume 6(3), p. 69-79, Summer 1996)
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Recovery of Tritium from Tritiated Waste Water Cost-Effectiveness Analysis
Robert H. Drake
LA-UR-97-3767 (June 1996)
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Cost Studies of Thermally Enhanced In Situ Soil Remediation Technologies
John Bremser and Steven R. Booth
LA-UR-96-1683 (May 1996)
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Cost Effectiveness of Sonic Drilling
Dave Masten and Steven R. Booth
LA-UR-96-1328 (March 1996)
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Cost Benefit Analysis for Separation of Cesium from Liquid Radioactive Waste by Resorcinol-Formaldehyde Ion Exchange Resin
Scott DeMuth
LA-UR-96-964, 17 pp. (March 1996)
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Cost Benefit Analysis for Separation of Cesium from Liquid Radioactive Waste by Crystalline Silico-Titanate Ion Exchange Resin
Scott DeMuth
LA-UR-96-966, 17 pp. (March 1996)
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Cost Benefit Analysis for Enhanced Sludge Washing of Underground Storage Tank High-Level Waste
Scott DeMuth
LA-UR-96-965, 11 pp. (March 1996)
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1995

Methods for Evaluating Investment Strategies for Environmental Technologies
W. Eric Showalter, Steven R. Booth, and R. Wayne Hardie
Los Alamos National Laboratory report LA-UR-95-1979, June 1995 (published in Remediation: The Journal of Environmental Cleanup Costs, Technologies & Techniques, Volume 5(4), p. 17-27, Autumn 1995)
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Cost-Effectiveness Studies of Environmental Technologies, Volume I
LA-UR-95-692 (1995)
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This volume is a collection of cost-effectiveness studies. These studies evaluated the cost and performance of technologies sponsored by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Technology Development (EM-50). This volume includes monitoring, characterization, and remediation technologies. Detailed volumes will be available soon.

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1994

In Situ Bioremediation: Cost Effectiveness of a Remediation Technology Field Tested at the Savannah River Integrated Demonstration Site
Ramiz P. Saaty, W. Eric Showalter, and Steven R. Booth
LA-UR-94-1714 (November 1994)
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1993

A Standard Methodology for Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of New Environmental Technologies
Steven R. Booth, Linda K. Trocki, and Laura Bowling
LA-UR-93-3251 (June 1993)
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A Practical Guide to Evaluating the Cost Effectiveness of New Environmental Technologies
Anne De Piante Henriksen and Steven R. Booth
LA-UR-93-4485 (1993)
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1982

POPCYCLE: A Computer Code for Calculating Nuclear and Fossil Plant Levelized Life-Cycle Power Costs
R. Wayne Hardie
LA-9127, UC-32 (February 1982)
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ModSim

ModSim '97 Summary
Ed Van Eeckhout, Marja Shaner, and Greg Valentine
LA-UR-99-1782 (September 1997)
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Salton Sea

Congressional Testimony - Evaluation of Options for Reclamation of the Salton Sea
R. Wayne Hardie
LA-UR-98-1408 (March 1998)
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