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D&D Dictionary

Popular deactivation and decommissioning terms and their definitions.

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    End-Points

     The detailed specification of conditions to be achieved for a facility’s spaces, systems and major equipment. Fundamental to the determination of end points is risk reduction through elimination or stabilization of hazards, effective facility containment and facility monitoring and control.

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    Environmental Assessment

     A written environmental analysis which is prepared pursuant to National Environmental Policy Act to determine whether a federal action would significantly affect the environment and thus require preparation of a more detailed environmental impact statement.

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    Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

     A document required for Federal Agencies by the National Environmental Policy Act for major project or legislative proposals significantly affecting the environment. A tool for decision making, it describes the positive and negative effects of the undertaking and lists alternative actions.

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    Environmental Remediation

    Cleanup and remediation of sites contaminated with radioactive and/or hazardous substances during past DOE production activities.

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    Energy

    A fundamental entity of nature that is transferred between parts of a system in the production of physical change within the system and usually regarded as the capacity for doing work.

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    Electrode

     An electrical conductor through which an electric current enters or leaves a conducting medium, whether it be an electrolytic solution, solid, molten mass, gas, or vacuum. It is used to make contact with a non-metallic part of the circuit.

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    End Effectors

    A device at the end of the robotic arm, designed to interact with the environment. The exact nature of the device depends on the application of the robot.

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    Electrode Heater

    Electrical heating equipment without a chamber, in which a charge is heated by an electrode. Commonly used for heating water, an electrode heater does not use wire-wound resistance; the liquid itself acts as the resistance.

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