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College students help develop waste-measuring device at Hanford
A partnership between Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) and Washington State University has resulted in the development of a device to measure radioactive and chemical tank waste at the Hanford Site. WRPS is the contractor at Hanford for the Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management.
Manfred Kleemann, Dr.-Ing.
Fusion Science and Technology | Volume 33 | Number 2 | March 1998 | Pages 399-406
Special Lectures | doi.org/10.13182/FST98-A11947032
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Although renewable energies have a good image among the public, their market penetration is still very low. Therefore this paper first analyses the economic and physical constraints. Then the basic requirements for new energy options are discussed. Important technologies such as solar heaters, photovoltaic cells, wind turbines and biomass converters are briefly characterized with regard to the current state of the art, economic competitiveness and positive and negative environmental effects. Emphasis has been put on CO2 reduction potentials. The figures presented refer to the geographical region of Central Europe and Germany.