Independent Assessment of Science and Technology for the Department of Energy's Defense Environmental Cleanup Program (2019) / Chapter Skim
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1 Background and Study Task
1 Background and Study Task
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.2 The congressional request is shown in Appendix A The National Academies appointed an expert committee to carry out this review and assessment and prepare a technical report with findings and recommendations.
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Rimando, Jr., Director, Technology Development Office, October 19, 2018) : $232 to $274 billion.
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Rimando, Jr., Director, Technology Development Office, DOE-EM. The long estimated remaining life of the cleanup program provides ample time for new cleanup approaches and technologies to be developed and deployed to reduce cleanup costs and schedules and to mitigate cleanup risks and uncertainties.
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Sponsored S&T development has included mission-directed basic scientific research, technology development and demonstration, and technology deployment into the cleanup program. Funding for headquarters-managed S&T has varied substantially over time (see Figure 1.2)
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Rimando, Jr., Director, Technology Development Office, DOE-EM.
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The committee comprises experts in disciplines relevant to the congressional request: chemistry and radiochemistry; geoscience; materials science; civil, nuclear, mechanical, and chemical engineering; and health physics. It also includes experts in disciplines relevant to technology development and evaluation, program management, and laws and regulations related to cleanup activities.
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In other cases, the development of a new technology and processes might substantially reduce the costs of, or risks associated with, remediation and waste management. An effective technology development program focused on such opportunities is an essential element of an overall strategy for reducing the cost and speeding the pace of the Environmental Management Program.
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9) Environmental Management Advisory Board Report DOE should find a way to substantially increase project related R&D [research and development]
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was approved by the National Academies, SIDEBAR 1.2 Statement of Task The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine will con duct an independent assessment of technology development efforts within the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM)
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1.3.2 Committee Work Plan The committee collected the information it needed to write its report from December 2017 to November 2018. During that period, the committee received briefings from national and international subject-matter experts and visited five major DOE-EM sites: Savannah River Site in January 2018; Hanford Site in April 2018; Idaho Site in May 2018; and Oak Ridge Reservation and the Portsmouth, Ohio, site in August 2018.
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