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Technology assessment of modular integrated utility systems. Volume 1. Summary report

Author
Mixon, W. R.
Published
United States : [publisher not identified], 1976.
[Oak Ridge, Tennessee] : [U.S. Atomic Energy Commission], 1976.
Physical Description
microfiche : negative ; 11 x 15 cm
Additional Creators
Ahmed, S. B. and Griffith, W. L.

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Summary
The technology under assessment is MIUS, which would use an onsite combined package plant, smaller than conventional plants, to provide communities of limited size with electricity, heating and air conditioning, water and waste treatment, and waste disposal. The MIUS is modular in that it can be located near appropriate users in phase with the actual demands of community development or redevelopment. It employs an integrated systems approach whereby some resource requirements of one service are met by using the effluent of another. Contrary to the implication of its title, the assessment does not focus on technology but rather on the consequences of its application. Simply stated, the objective was to identify and evaluate the consequences of the widespread utilization of MIUS to the year 2000. MIUS is proposed for use in place of conventional utility systems to serve a limited number of new residential-commercial developments. Thus the approach was to conduct a comparative analysis of MIUS vs. alternative conventional utility system impacts. This assessment is published in two volumes in order to best serve a wide range of interests. This volume contains the summary section, which briefly describes the MIUS concept, the assessment task, MIUS and conventional utility system technologies, potential MIUS applications and market, and expected impacts by category. Impact categories include resources, economic, environmental, psychological/social, national goals and policies, institutional and demographic. Volume 2 (published separately as ORNL/HUD/MIUS-25) contains the detailed data and analyses in several sections, which generally correspond to the procedural method employed. Major topics include description of technologies, state-of-society assumptions, identification of impacts, and impact analysis.
Report Numbers
ORNL/HUD/MIUS-24
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Collection
U.S. Atomic Energy Commission depository collection.
Note
DOE contract number: W-7405-ENG-26; HUD-INA-IAA-H-40-72; ERDA-40-333-72
OSTI Identifier 7108296
Research organization: Oak Ridge National Lab., TN (USA).
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