Life-cycle cost of a radium storage and processing facility

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dc.contributor.authorBlair, John Anthonyen
dc.contributor.committeechairBlanchard, Benjamin S. Jr.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFabrycky, Wolter J.en
dc.contributor.committeememberFisher, Daniel R.en
dc.contributor.committeememberPettit, Paul J.en
dc.contributor.departmentSystems Engineeringen
dc.date.accessioned2014-03-14T21:27:54Zen
dc.date.adate2010-01-26en
dc.date.available2014-03-14T21:27:54Zen
dc.date.issued1996-09-07en
dc.date.rdate2010-01-26en
dc.date.sdate2010-01-26en
dc.description.abstractThis report presents the results of a study to determine the life-cycle cost of a radium storage and processing facility with respect to cost control, design control, cost reduction, radium supply and demand, disposal alternatives, and economic viability. The following recommendations were made: 1. The study should be refined so that one function exists for each cost estimating relationship, and costs could be controlled functionally. 2. The life-cycle model should be modified and used for tradeoff studies of alternatives for radium storage. 3. Operations and maintenance offer the greatest opportunity for cost controL Particular attention should be given to studying radium processing. 4. A systems dynamics study should explore relationships including supply and demand of radium and the desired mix of derived isotopes. 5. Studies should explore how this facility should be made economically attractive for radium custodians in contrast to present means of disposal. Consideration should be given to recycling byproducts such as platinum. 6. The entire field of alpha-particle emitters deserves a life-cycle study from the production of raw material to the use of the material in medicine. Such a study would help define the facility mission. Besides providing the above recommendations, the life-cycle study showed that successful application of alpha-particle emitters to one type of cancer could make the project economic. Further opportunities for life-cycle cost studies of the project abounden
dc.description.degreeMaster of Scienceen
dc.format.extentix, 163 leavesen
dc.format.mediumBTDen
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifier.otheretd-01262010-020253en
dc.identifier.sourceurlhttp://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-01262010-020253/en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10919/40804en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherVirginia Techen
dc.relation.haspartLD5655.V851_1996.B535.pdfen
dc.relation.isformatofOCLC# 36268490en
dc.rightsIn Copyrighten
dc.rights.urihttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/en
dc.subjectcanceren
dc.subjectstorage facilityen
dc.subjectsystems engineeringen
dc.subjectlife-cycle costingen
dc.subjectradiumen
dc.subject.lccLD5655.V851 1996.B535en
dc.titleLife-cycle cost of a radium storage and processing facilityen
dc.typeMaster's projecten
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
thesis.degree.disciplineSystems Engineeringen
thesis.degree.grantorVirginia Polytechnic Institute and State Universityen
thesis.degree.levelmastersen
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen

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