| Overview | CID Background | CID Content | CID Data Sources | This website provides the public access to the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Central Internet Database (CID), which contains data concerning DOE's nuclear waste management and cleanup programs. The CID incorporates information from several different sources across DOE into a single system, from which users can generate data reports to answer questions regarding DOE activities. See CID content below for more details. The following sections provide important background on the creation of the CID, what types of data are contained in the CID, and where the data originate. Visit the Getting Started section for instructions on how to access the data using CID reports. Top In 1989, the Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (NRDC) and other organizations filed a lawsuit against the James Watkins, Secretary of the DOE, regarding DOE's failure to prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS) for its environmental management and weapons modernization activities. In 1990, a settlement was reached that called for DOE to develop two PEIS's: one covering the future configuration of DOE’s nuclear weapons complex; and one covering DOE’s Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (ER/WM) Program. In 1995, DOE modified the scope of the ER/WM PEIS to exclude environmental restoration activities. Following this decision, the NRDC filed another lawsuit in 1997, alleging that DOE violated their 1990 settlement. On December 12, 1998, DOE and NRDC settled the second lawsuit through an official Settlement Agreement, referred to as the PEIS Settlement Agreement. The PEIS Settlement Agreement avoided further litigation by mandating that DOE take the following three major actions to enhance the public's understanding of DOE's cleanup activities: Develop and deploy an integrated database containing available information on waste, facilities, and contaminated media for which DOE has responsibility. Conduct a study on long-term stewardship for DOE sites. Establish a $6.25 million fund for technical and scientific reviews. DOE was also required to sponsor a National Stakeholder Forum to address issues related to development of the CID. Click here to access the information presented at this forum or download the proceedings summary document. The CID was first released to the public in January 2000, and continues to be updated to meet the needs of the user community. Top Note: For help with unfamiliar terms, select the "glossary" feature on the top menu. The CID fulfills the first major action for DOE outlined in the PEIS Settlement Agreement. This Agreement requires the CID to contain specific categories and types of information. Information Categories: Contaminated environmental media, contaminated facilities, and waste managed by the DOE Environmental Management (EM) program Contaminated facilities and waste generated or managed by the DOE Offices of Defense Programs (DP) , Science (SC) , and Nuclear Energy (NE). DOE-managed domestic/foreign research reactor spent nuclear fuel (spent fuel from commercial reactors is excluded ). Sites governed by Section 151(b) of the Nuclear Waste Policy Act (NWPA)*, as amended, upon the transfer of those sites to DOE ownership. Sites managed as part of the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP)*,if they have been returned to DOE for management. * Although these categories of information are required by the PEIS Settlement Agreement, there are currently only "place holders" for the NWPA and FUSRAP data in the CID because no source database currently exists for this information. Types of Information: For each of the categories listed above, the PEIS Settlement Agreements requires DOE to provide the following types of information in the CID: Location of site/radioactive material Volume or mass of radioactive material of waste, contaminated environmental media, spent nuclear fuel, and contaminated facilities. Chemical constituents Radioactivity of materials Generator of waste or contaminated materials Waste disposition plans and waste transfers. The PEIS Settlement Agreement additionally requires the CID to provide data on DOE's non-radioactive hazardous waste and toxic chemicals from the Pollution Prevention and Toxic Release Inventory databases. The Agreement also requires the CID to provide information from DOE's 1996 Materials In Inventory initiative. Information about these and other CID data source is found below in the CID Data Sources section. In accordance with the terms of the PEIS Settlement Agreement, the CID includes only data that are available and currently collected by DOE on a national level, and does not include any information that is classified, controlled, or proprietary. In the future, the CID may be modified to include or exclude data as DOE's data collection efforts evolve.		The following is a list of website features to CID users navigate and use the website. United States Map: The CID home page has a United States map that enables users to generate Site Profile Reports by selecting a state and a DOE site. See “Getting Started” for more information on Site Profile Reports. Report Type Selection Bars: The CID home page has three selection bars, located below the United States map, which can be used to generate three types of reports: 1) Ready-to-Read Reports; 2) Standard Reports; and 3) User-Defined Reports. See “Getting Started” for more information on these reports. DOE Emblem - contains a link to DOE's home page What’s New - lists updates to the website and data in the CID. About the CID - provides background information about the purposes, contents, and features of the CID. Getting Started - provides new users with guidance on how to find and generate CID reports. Also includes an introduction to key CID terminology. CID Reports Ready-To-Read Reports: brings users to the Ready-to-Read Reports menu page.  These are pre-formatted reports that contain pre-selected criteria. Standard Reports: brings users to the Standard Reports menu page.  These are pre-formatted reports that allow users to tailor the output by specifying criteria (i.e., sites, waste type, year range, etc.). User-Defined Reports: brings user to User-Defined report tool. Contact Us - email address and phone number for the CID DOE contact and the CID help desk. Related Links - offers a list of various websites that have information that might be of interest to CID users, including site-specific databases, DOE Headquarters databases, publications from DOE sites and program offices, and EPA information. Web Site Map - provides a visual representation of the website structure and allow users to move to different sections of the web site by clicking on the link in which they are interested. Data Dictionary - descriptions of the data elements in the CID. It also indicates the DOE data source from which the element comes. Glossary - defines the technical terms and acronyms that are either commonly used by the DOE or are part of standard system/development language. Help - assists users in executing basic and advanced system functions, from navigating through the system to generating a report. The help feature is integrated throughout the website as a context-sensitive (or intuitive) assistant. Home - return to the home page. Privacy & Security - Privacy & security statement for CID.
The CID is gathered from the five DOE data sources listed below. Go to the Getting Started page to get assistance on generating data reports. With exception of the Materials in Inventory (MIN) reports, the data available in CID reports are updated annually when new data are available from DOE. See the What's New section for the most recent data update. Please note that the year of the data in the CID typically refers to the fiscal year. EM Corporate Database: This database was developed by DOE in 1998 to store data from EM Program activities in planning, budgeting, performance measurement, and project progress reporting. The CID acquires most of its data for radioactive waste, contaminated media, and spent nuclear fuel (SNF) from the EM Corporate database. Along with data for the EM program, this database also provides data for the DP, SC, and NE programs. The EM Corporate database is updated annually through DOE's Integrated Planning Accountability and Budgeting System (IPABS). Detailed information on spent nuclear fuel management and cleanup is provided to the EM Corporate Database through the National Spent Fuel database, maintained as part of the National Spent Nuclear Fuel Management Program  at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). The EM Corporate database stores information on radioactive waste, contaminated media, and spent nuclear fuel by identifying "streams" of material. A "stream" is defined as a group of materials, media, or waste having similar origins or management requirements. Radioactive waste, contaminated media, or spent nuclear fuel may be part of more than one "stream" from the time it is generated to the time it is permanently disposed, depending on the physical location or the management activity it is undergoing. The CID retains the "stream" concept as part of its data structure. Facilities Information Management System (FIMS): This system is DOE's real property database. Real property includes land and anything permanently affixed to it, such as buildings, fences, and building fixtures (lights, plumbing, heating, and air conditioning, etc.). Buildings and other permanently affixed structures are generally referred to as "facilities". For more information about FIMS, visit the FIMS website. The CID uses FIMS data to provide facility information that includes operational status, excess status, current and historical use, type, size, and hazard category group. Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Database: This database contains DOE submissions to the EPA in accordance with Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). DOE sites prepare and submit an annual report (referred to as a Form R) on each toxic chemical for which the site meets or exceeds the reporting threshold criteria. Information in the Form R includes routine and accidental releases of toxic chemicals into the air, water, and land as well as the amount contained in wastes treated, recycled, or burned for energy recovery onsite and offsite. The CID includes data in Sections 5, 6 and 8 of Form R submitted by DOE from 1993 to the most current submission. For more information on DOE's TRI reporting data, visit DOE's Office of Environmental Policy and Guidance website. Pollution Prevention Database: This database stores information collected each year through DOE’s Pollution Prevention Program and is a primary source of information for DOE's Annual Report of Waste Generation and Pollution Progress (also called the Waste Generation Report). The CID includes data from the Pollution Prevention Database for information on non-radioactive hazardous waste and sanitary waste. Materials in Inventory (MIN) Database: This database stores information collected for the production of the 1996 report Taking Stock: A Look at Opportunities and Challenges Posed by Inventories from the Cold War Era (also referred to as the MIN Report). The database and the MIN Report contain data collected from 1993 to 1995 through DOE’s MIN Initiative. The CID includes the data collected during the MIN Initiative entailing reported MIN amounts at DOE sites.  Some information collected through the MIN Initiative is classified and is not included in the CID. There are currently no plans to update this information.