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Gade v. National Solid Wastes Mgt. Ass'n - In this 1992 case, the Supreme Court of the United States determined that federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration regulations preempted various Illinois provisions for licensing workers who handled hazardous waste materials. The state regulations had focused on health and safety, whereas the OSHA standards were aimed only at worker safety; but the state regulations were mainly duplicative.

United States Department of Energy - The United States Department of Energy (DOE) is a Cabinet-level department of the United States government responsible for energy policy and nuclear safety. Its purview includes the nation's nuclear weapons program, nuclear reactor production for the United States Navy, energy conservation, energy-related research, radioactive waste disposal, and domestic energy production, many of which are funded through its system of national laboratories.

FEP's - Features, Events, and Processes (FEP's): these terms are often referred to in the field of radioactive waste management to define relevant scenarios for safety assessment studies. Source: Nuclear Energy Agency NEA Publications.

Textile engineering - Textile Engineering (TE) deals with the application of scientific and engineering principles to the design and control of all aspects of fibre, textile, and apparel processes, products, and machinery. These include natural and man-made materials, interaction of materials with machines, safety and health, energy conservation, and waste and pollution control.

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U.S. DOE - Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) Information Site - Pilot facility built by the U.S. National Safety Council s Environmental Health Center (NSC/EHC) to serve as the nation s first geological repository for permanent transuranic waste disposal. Provides information about the facility, waste types, radiation protection, regulation and safety issues.

U.S. DOE - Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) - Official website of the underground pilot disposal facility at Carlsbad, New Mexico, for federally generated transuranic radioactive waste. Provides news, documents and information about facility operation, safety and waste transportation issues.

UIUC Chemical Waste and Safety Fact Sheets - ... to those working at University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, all in HTML and pdf formats. Includes "101 Ways to Reduce Hazardous Waste in the Laboratory" and "Pollution Prevention in Laboratories: The How To Guide."

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