Hotline About Hotline The hotline allows the decommissioning and dismantlement community to post problems in a specific decommissioning and dismantlement (D&D) area and get solutions from the subject matter specialists. Users can also search for previously published problems and their solutions.	Technology About Technology Technology provides information on decommissioning and dismantlement related technologies including robotics and any associated demonstrations. It provides technology descriptions, benefits, limitations, and associated links and documents. It also provides vendor information, technology and demonstration fact sheet reports, and search capabilities.	Web Crawler About Web Crawler The custom decommissioning and dismantlement web crawler searches and retrieve information from decommissioning and dismantlement related websites. The crawler provides the user with a listing of best-matching web pages, usually with a short summary containing the document's title or parts of the text.	Tech Talks Tech Talks Florida International University (FIU) is conducting a series of D&D Tech Talks focusing on several D&D topics relevant to the DOE EM Complex.
Lessons Learned About Lessons Learned Lessons learned provides a repository of documents published by the decommissioning and dismantlement community users. This allows them to share their experience with the community.	Best Practices About Best Practices Best practices provides a repository of decommissioning and dismantlement best practices documents that the user community can upload to the system.	Picture Video Library About Picture & Video Library The video/picture library allows community users to upload decommissioning and dismantlement technology and demonstration videos and pictures to the decommissioning and dismantlement KM-IT system. The videos and pictures could then be viewed by the decommissioning and dismantlement community.	Document Library About Document Library Weekly reports published by the ALARA center include the status of the decommissioning and dismantlement activities that have taken place at various centers. It includes the list of ALARA center activities for consecutive weeks. This feature makes the reports available to the entire decommissioning and dismantlement user community.
Specialist Directory About Specialist Directory The specialist directory provides a directory of decommissioning and dismantlement experts in different areas along with their contact information. The user can search the specialist directory by name or by area of interest.	Vendors About Vendors Vendor management provides a directory of decommissioning and dismantlement vendors along with their contact information.	D&D Research D&D Research D&D Research for DOE EM highlights the recent, current, and ongoing research being performed by and for DOE EM as well as international D&D research to support the high priority D&D needs to bring the remaining cleanup projects to completion in support of site closure. This research includes activities at and through collaborations with academic universities, national laboratories, DOE contractor facilities, and other organizations.	Training About Training The training component provides training videos related to decommissioning and dismantlement work, ALARA Centers’ training material and custom training for the decommissioning and dismantlement community.

D&D Dictionary

Popular deactivation and decommissioning terms and their definitions.

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National Contingency Plan (NCP)

A short title for the National Oil and Hazardous Substances Pollution Contingency Plan. The NCP, 40 CFR Part 300, outlines the responsibilities and authorities for responding to releases into the environment of hazardous substances and other pollutants and contaminants under the statutory authority of CERCLA and section 311 of the Clean Water Act.

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs)

The Clean Air Act establishes limits on the release of hazardous pollutants for which no ambient air quality standard is applicable. Under the March 7, 1989 proposed ruling NESHAPs will also address radioactive releases to the air.

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

The Act which established the requirements for conducting environmental reviews of Federal actions that have the potential for significant impact on the human environment.

National Priorities List (NPL)

The Environmental Protection Agency's list of the most serious uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites identified for possible long-term remedial action under CERCLA (Superfund). A site must be on the NPL to receive money from the Trust Fund for remedial action.

National Response Center:

The National Communications Center, located at U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters, continuously manned for handling activities related to CERCLA response actions. The National Response Center acts as the single point of contact for all pollution incident reporting, and as the National Response Team Communications Center.

Natural Resource Trustees

Federal officials designated by the President to act on behalf of the public as trustees for natural resources when there is injury to, destruction of, loss of, or threat to natural resources as a result of a release of a hazardous substance or a discharge of oil.

Non-nuclear Facility

Those activities, processes, or operations that may involve hazardous substances in such forms or concentration that a potential danger exists to cause illness, injury, or death to personnel within the facility site boundary or members of the public.

Non-time-critical Removal Action

This is a type of response action recognized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency appropriate for addressing hazardous substance threats where a planning horizon of six months or more is appropriate. Removal responses, including non-time-critical removals, are the subject of 40 CFR 300.

Nuclear Facility

Those activities, processes, or operations that involve radioactive materials or fissionable materials in such form, quantity, or concentration that a nuclear hazard potentially exists to the employees or general public.

Nibbler

A tool for cutting sheet metal with minimal variation. Nibblers can be manually handled or powered. Power nibblers are powered by compressed air.

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National Contingency Plan (NCP)

National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPs)

National Environmental Policy Act of 1969

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