Issue 10 Volume 41 May 16, 2003

The conference participants included more than one hundred experts in the fields of climate change, public policy and
industry to share their knowledge and insights as speakers. The timing of the conference was very appropriate as efforts
proceed at the international level to develop a protocol or other legal instrument to address the increase of greenhouse gas
emissions. Increasingly, policymakers will turn to the private sector to expand the development and dissemination of
technologies that reduce the threat of global climate change. The conference offered an opportunity to discuss the policies,
both existing and proposed, which address global climate change, as well as policies that may inhibit technology dissemination
and enhancement. Various industry sectors had the opportunity to discuss the issues concerning their industries. These sessions
focused primarily on five sectors including energy supply and electricity generation, buildings and energy efficiency,
transportation, forestry and agriculture, and industrial.
NTIS
Climate Change; Forest Management; Exhaust Emission; Exhaust Gases; Climatology
20030036981 National Governors’ Association, Washington, DC
Growing with Less Greenhouse Gases: State Growth Management Policies that Reduce GHG Emissions
2002; 36 pp.
Report No.(s): PB2003-102669; No Copyright; Avail: CASI; A03, Hardcopy
Communities are grappling with the good and bad of growth. Growth is the engine of prosperity, but maintaining a good
quality of life in a growing community can be challenging. Growth increasingly produces traffic congestion, greater demand
on resources, loss of green space, and other undesirable consequences. By properly managing growth, communities can reduce
the negative effects of expansion while still reaping its benefits. Although not always identified as a benefit, common-sense
growth policies can reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. In fact, a well-designed community can reduce emissions
without having to implement expensive regulations or programs. This added benefit of growth management makes ‘smart
growth’ an even more attractive policy alternative. Three growth strategies are helping to curb GHG emissions: expanding
transportation choices, conserving green spaces, and designing communities that place less demand on energy production and
infrastructure.
NTIS
Greenhouse Effect; Exhaust Gases
20030037014 Lawrence Livermore National Lab., Livermore, CA
Studies of Corrosion Resistant Materials being Considered for High-Level Nuclear Waste Containment in Yucca
Mountain Relevant Environments
McCright, R. D.; IIevbare, G.; Estill, J.; Rebak, R.; Dec. 09, 2001; 26 pp.; In English
Report No.(s): DE2002-803181; UCRL-JC-148771; No Copyright; Avail: Department of Energy Information Bridge
Containment of spent nuclear fuel and vitrified forms of high level nuclear waste require use of materials that are highly
corrosion resistant to all of the anticipated environmental scenarios that can occur in a geological repository. Ni-Cr-Mo Alloy
22 (UNS N60622) is proposed for the corrosion resistant outer barrier of a two-layer waste package container at the potential
repository site at Yucca Mountain. A range of water compositions that may contact the outer barrier is under consideration,
and a testing program is underway to characterize the forms of corrosion and to quantify the corrosion rates. Results from the
testing support models for long term prediction of the performance of the container. Results obtained to date indicate a very
low general corrosion rate for Alloy 22 and very high resistance to all forms of localized and environmentally assisted cracking
in environments tested to date.
NTIS
Corrosion Resistance; Materials Tests; Radioactive Wastes
20030037023 National Renewable Energy Lab., Golden, CO, Energy and Environmental Analysis, Inc., Arlington, VA,
Distributed Utility Associates, Livermore, CA, Competitive Utility Strategies, Boulder, CO
Impact of Air Quality Regulations on Distributed Generation
Bluestein, J.; Horgan, S.; Eldride, M. M.; Oct. 2002; In English
Report No.(s): DE2002-15002200; No Copyright; Avail: National Technical Information Service (NTIS)
Relatively small projects for generating electrical power at or near the point of use--distributed generation (DG)--offer
unique opportunities for enhancing the U.S. electric system. This report finds that current air quality regulatory practices are
inappropriately inhibiting the development of DG through a failure to recognize the environmental benefits offered by DG or
by imposing requirements designed for larger systems that are not appropriate to DG systems. The report recommends that
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