The U.S. Department of Energy has awarded a $1 million multi-year cooperative agreement to the Alliance for Transportation Research Institute (ATR) at the University of New Mexico. This will allow continuation of the Transportation Resource Exchange Center (T-REX), a one-stop shop designed to provide current information and issues on the transport of radioactive materials worldwide. Information is available to researchers, tribal, state and local governments, advocacy groups, news professionals and the public.
“The T-REX Center has been operating for more than nine years and is used by interested parties from all over the world. We have created a virtual library that will assist all levels of users in the study of the transportation of radioactive materials, from national policymakers to students," said Judith Espinosa, director of the ATR Institute.
The T-Rex Center features timely and relevant information on the transport of radioactive materials and wastes and can be found on the web at www.trex-center.org. The center archives and collates thousands of pages of documents on radioactive materials transport and has specialized features to make information and news searches more productive and faster.
The site contains more than 1,200 Web links and 150,000 pages of documents relating to all facets of radioactive materials transportation. A key feature is the “Headlines” link highlighting relevant news headlines and stories on radioactive materials transportation from across the nation and internationally.
For those needing more personal attention or direct assistance with researching topics and issues, T-REX houses an on-call library and reference service at 1-877- 287-TREX (8739). Users can call and speak with a researcher who will guide them to their particular topic, answer questions, or find a document or report. The email address is trex@unm.edu.
T-REX Center was launched as a cooperative arrangement with the ATR Institute/UNM and the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management.
Contact: Greg Johnston, (505) 277-1816
Posted by scarr at October 28, 2005 04:01 PM