"Welcome to the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Miamisburg Environmental Management Project. We hope you enjoy your tour of the Mound site and that the information provided in this guide will be useful. As you will see as you travel through the site we are in the process of cleaning up the facilities and general site areas involved in five decades of nuclear weapons component production. The vision of the DOE Ohio Field Office is to achieve for all its sites, an environmentally restored end state that serves the needs of the communities, and do so within a decade."--Page 2.

Describes environmental, safety, and health problems throughout the nuclear weapons complex and what the U.S. Dept. of Energy is doing to address them. Covers: building nuclear warheads: the process; wastes and other byproducts of the cold war (spent nuclear fuel, plutonium residues, radioactive waste, transuranic waste, hazardous waste, etc.); contamination and cleanup; an international perspective; transition to new missions; and looking to the future. Over 100 b/w photos. Extensive glossary and bibliography.

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