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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Readiness Review

A management review of documents, organizational structure, personnel qualifications, physical preparations and other factors to confirm that decommissioning operations (removal action, if under CERCLA) are ready to proceed.

Release

The spilling,, leaking, pumping, pouring, emitting, emptying, discharging, injecting, escaping, leaching, dumping, or disposing of a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant into the environment. This includes the abandonment or disposal of barrels or other closed receptacles containing hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants.

Remedial Action

Activities initiated to assess and clean up inactive DOE facilities or waste sites.

Removal Action

The cleanup or removal of released hazardous substances from the environment, such actions as may be necessarily taken in the event of the threat of a release..., such actions as may be necessary to monitor, assess, and evaluate the release or threat of release.

Reportable Quantity

The amount or quantity of substances defined in 40 CFR 302 for which notification of release to the environment is required.

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

RCRA, an amendment to the Solid Waste Disposal Act, was passed in 1976 to address the problem of how to safely dispose of municipal and industrial solid waste generated nationwide. it establishes\d a national policy to reduce or eliminate hazardous waste and conduct treatment, storage, or disposal to minimize its threat.

RCRA-authorized State

A State that has applied and been found qualified by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to take over administration and enforcement within the State's boundaries of the RCRA Subtitle C hazardous waste regulatory program in accordance with 40 CFR Part 271, Requirements for Authorization of State Hazardous Waste Programs.

Risk Assessment

The qualitative and quantitative evaluation performed in an effort to define the risk posed to human health and/or the environment by the presence or potential presence and/or the use of specifi

RadBall

Radball is a 140 mm (5½”) diameter deployable, passive, non-electrical gamma hot-spot imaging device that offers a 360 degree view of the deployment area. This device has two constituents, a gamma radiation sensitive inner core placed inside spherical tungsten and an outer collimation sheet.

Rotary Hammer Drill

An electric drill that is used to drill holes in masonry or concrete.

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D&D Dictionary

Popular deactivation and decommissioning terms and their definitions.

Listing: R

Readiness Review

Release

Remedial Action

Removal Action

Reportable Quantity

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

RCRA-authorized State

Risk Assessment

RadBall

Rotary Hammer Drill

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