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The Decontamination and Decommissioning Science Consortium (DDSC)
- Founded and Co-managed by ANL & ORAU – April 2009 Status
Lawrence E. Boing
Argonne National Laboratory
Nuclear Engineering Division
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DDSC Origins
Seven years old; formed in May 2002ORAU host the website for the DDSC at http://www.orau.gov/ddsc/ANL and ORAU jointly contribute to its contentPurpose – To keep decommissioning community abreast of completed, on-going and planned activities worldwide in the field and in related areas Target audience – Regulators and professional staff performing decommissioning of various facilities - large and small - worldwide
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DDSC Status
Users are both domestically and internationally based organizations For period May 2002 - January 2009 – the following are the average monthly data values:– # of hits: 58,966– # of page views: 10,362– # of visits: 4,032– # of unique visitors: 1,529– # of countries visiting: 76
Web traffic increase from January 2003 - January 2009: 315%
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Domestic Visitors –Top 10 - March 2009
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Note: Total is 117,625 with CA thestate with the largest # = 82,551
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Note: Total number of foreign visitors – 161,533
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DDSC Approach
ANL and ORAU experts ‘scour’ available sources and update website with the very latest news and technical input Address the needs of the domestic and international decommissioning communityProvide knowledge base from:– an operational standpoint– for project status information – for educational/conference resources
Organized into ‘Focus Sections’
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DDSC Focus Areas
Home Page – NEWSClearance of MaterialsD&D OperationsDose ModelingES&H ConsiderationsLessons LearnedMARSSIMProduct and Service Directory
Project Status –Domestic and InternationalResearch & Emerging TechnologiesResources & ToolsSurvey InstrumentationInternational Organizations
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Summary
DDSC was established based upon some 60 years of collective D&D experiences – ANL (with 30 years experience) and ORAU (with 30 years experience) to:– Maintain knowledge base of current happenings in the
D&D community– Maintain and share knowledge of lessons learned and
experiences of others in D&D community –domestically and internationally
– Avoid reinventing the wheel or learning the same lessons over – again !
DDSC represents a national ‘International Decommissioning Network’ of sorts
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Contacts
Argonne National Laboratory– Larry Boing– [email protected]
Oak Ridge Associated Universities– Sarah Roberts– [email protected]
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http://www.orau.gov/ddsc/
Visit the DDSC website often
