This report describes an investigation into the applicability of Dempster Shafer theory for representing the uncertainty inherent in the characterization of containerized radiological waste. This research has been conducted by scientists at the Mississippi State University Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory in collaboration with scientists at the Idaho National Engineering Labor...

Waste water treatment facilities clean sewage water from households and industry in several cleaning steps. Such facilities are dimensioned to accommodate a maximum intake. However, in the case of very bad weather conditions or failures of system components the system might not suffice to accommodate all waste water. This paper models a real waste water treatment facility, situated in the city ...

Bangladesh is committed to the peaceful use of atomic energy and has signed all protocols and additional protocol of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in this regards. Bangladesh is operating nuclear facilities using radioisotopes, sealed radioactive sources (SRS) and generating radioactive wastes including spent SRS. This paper mainly focuses on the safe management of spent SRS gen...

In this study, to determine the biomass fraction to apply to the estimation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the waste incineration sector, municipal solid waste, industrial waste, and sewage sludge incineration facilities were selected and analyzed, and the biomass fractions found in these facilities were compared. The biomass fractions of Municipal solid waste, industrial waste, and sew...

A system combining genetic algorithms and a fuzzy-rule induction routine has been developed. Two prototype expert systems, one derived analytically, and one derived e~~pir;lcal]y by tb.e fi~q++ inrlnrtinn ..L....v..V.. system, were developed to evaluate the utility of expert system technology relative to waste nondestructive assay (NDA) data review. Technical review of waste NDA measurement dat...

This paper describes remediation activities performed in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) on an underground storage tank (UST) from the Idaho National Laboratory’s Test Area North (TAN) complex. The UST had been used to collect radioactive liquid wastes from and for the TAN evaporator. Recent analyses had found that the residual w...

In the spring of 1980, a horizontal shredder, complete with an infeed and outfeed system as represented in Fig. 1, was placed in service at the Kodak Park solid waste disposal facility in Rochester, New York. This shredder has become the primary shredder for preparing solid waste for incineration in a suspension-fiied boiler. The ver­ tical shredder, which has been in service since 1970, was th...

Construction waste is considered as a major contributor of solid wastes in municipal landfills. Construction, renovation, and demolition (CRD) waste generated by the Canadian construction industry accounts for 27% of total municipal solid waste disposed in landfills. However, many researchers stated that 75% of what the construction industry generates as waste has a residual value and therefore...

The management of the 86,388.00 tons of solid wastes generated every day in Mexico is a complicated matter. In order to help solve this problem, sustainable buildings that include solid waste management plants and community awareness programs are being constructed. The objective of this research is to propose the building of a reception and storage center for storing the economically valuable w...

Hospital solid waste is any waste which is generated in the diagnosis, treatment or immunization of human beings or animals or in research in a hospital [1]. Despite the enormous volumes of waste produced by health care systems and the increasing concern among scientists, waste generation has received little attention in clinical literature. The isolation of fungal species in health care solid ...