Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Management By combining the flexibility of a general-purpose and highly-graphical probabilistic simulation framework with specialized modules to support mass transport modeling, GoldSim allows you to create realistic models of complex, real-world multi-media environmental systems. Because of these powerful capabilities, GoldSim is the premier tool in the world for carrying out probabilistic performance assessments of proposed and existing radioactive waste management sites. These performance assessments all utilize the GoldSim Radionuclide Transport (RT) Module, which includes specialized and powerful features to facilitate simulation of radionuclide transport within a range of environmental media. The RT Module can accurately and efficiently model complex processes such as decay and ingrowth of reaction/decay products, solubility constraints, sorption onto porous media, release from engineered barriers, diffusive trainsport, and transport of contaminants on particulates. The list of countries and organizations that use GoldSim simulation software to address radioactive waste management issues includes the following: Austria (IAEA) Czech Republic (RWRA, NRI) Egypt (Egyptian Atomic Energy Agency) France (ANDRA, IRSN) Germany (DBE Technology, Wismut) Japan (JAEA, JNFL, JNES, JGC, Kajima, Mitsubishi, NUMO, Taisei, Tepco, Toyo) Peoples Republic of China (China National Nuclear Corporation) Slovak Republic (VUJE) South Korea (KAERI, KINS) Spain (ENRESA) Taiwan (INER) United Kingdom (Nexia Solutions, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Environment Agency, Serco Assurance, Galson, Quintessa) United States (Argonne National Laboratory, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Nevada Test Site, Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Sandia National Laboratories, Savannah River National Laboratory, Southwest Research Institute, Yucca Mountain Project) A few of these radioactive waste management applications are described in more detail below: Proposed Radioactive Waste Disposal Facility, Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Evaluation of Existing Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities. Process Simulation to Support the Design of a Radioactive Waste Handling and Packaging Facility Radionuclide Fate and Transport Modeling for Uranium Mine Operations  To learn more, you can: Download our Radioactive and Hazardous Waste White Paper to see how GoldSim can be applied for radioactive and hazardous waste applications; Take the GoldSim Quick Tour to quickly learn about GoldSim's features and capabilities; Compare GoldSim to other simulation approaches; Request a free web demo, in which one of our technical staff shares his/her desktop while answering your questions and demonstrating the application of GoldSim to radioactive and hazardous waste problems; and/or Request a free Evaluation and try GoldSim for yourself. For existing users interested in using GoldSim for radioactive waste management applications, the following links may be of value:  View a list of references providing data sources for radioactive waste performance assessment applications. Download a Microsoft Excel template that can be used to load species or element-specific data (e.g., decay rates, partition coefficients, dose conversion factors) into your GoldSim model.

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