Author: National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309685764
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies have conducted activities to develop atomic energy for civilian and defense purposes since the initiation of the World War II Manhattan Project in 1942. These activities took place at large federal land reservations of hundreds of square miles involving industrial-scale operations, but also at many smaller federal and non-federal sites such as uranium mines, materials processing and manufacturing facilities. The nuclear weapons and energy production activities at these facilities produced large quantities of radioactive and hazardous wastes and resulted in widespread groundwater and soil contamination at these sites. DOE initiated a concerted effort to clean up these sites beginning in the 1980s. Many of these sites have been remediated and are in long-term caretaker status, closed or repurposed for other uses. Review of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management: First Report provides background information on the sites currently assigned to the DOE's Office of Environmental Management that are undergoing cleanup; discusses current practices for management and oversight of the cleanups; offers findings and recommendations on such practices and how progress is measured against them; and considers the contracts under which the cleanups proceed and how these have been and can be structured to include incentives for improved cost and schedule performance.
Review of Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management: F
Author: National Academies Of Sciences Engineeri
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309685764
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies have conducted activities to develop atomic energy for civilian and defense purposes since the initiation of the World War II Manhattan Project in 1942. These activities took place at large federal land reservations of hundreds of square miles involving industrial-scale operations, but also at many smaller federal and non-federal sites such as uranium mines, materials processing and manufacturing facilities. The nuclear weapons and energy production activities at these facilities produced large quantities of radioactive and hazardous wastes and resulted in widespread groundwater and soil contamination at these sites. DOE initiated a concerted effort to clean up these sites beginning in the 1980s. Many of these sites have been remediated and are in long-term caretaker status, closed or repurposed for other uses. Review of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management: First Report provides background information on the sites currently assigned to the DOE's Office of Environmental Management that are undergoing cleanup; discusses current practices for management and oversight of the cleanups; offers findings and recommendations on such practices and how progress is measured against them; and considers the contracts under which the cleanups proceed and how these have been and can be structured to include incentives for improved cost and schedule performance.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 9780309685764
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies have conducted activities to develop atomic energy for civilian and defense purposes since the initiation of the World War II Manhattan Project in 1942. These activities took place at large federal land reservations of hundreds of square miles involving industrial-scale operations, but also at many smaller federal and non-federal sites such as uranium mines, materials processing and manufacturing facilities. The nuclear weapons and energy production activities at these facilities produced large quantities of radioactive and hazardous wastes and resulted in widespread groundwater and soil contamination at these sites. DOE initiated a concerted effort to clean up these sites beginning in the 1980s. Many of these sites have been remediated and are in long-term caretaker status, closed or repurposed for other uses. Review of the Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management: First Report provides background information on the sites currently assigned to the DOE's Office of Environmental Management that are undergoing cleanup; discusses current practices for management and oversight of the cleanups; offers findings and recommendations on such practices and how progress is measured against them; and considers the contracts under which the cleanups proceed and how these have been and can be structured to include incentives for improved cost and schedule performance.
Effectiveness and Efficiency of Defense Environmental Cleanup Activities of the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management
Author: National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (U.S.). Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780309685771
Category : Hazardous waste site remediation
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780309685771
Category : Hazardous waste site remediation
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Review of the Department of Energy's Deployment of DOE-funded Environmental Cleanup Technologies
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 140
Book Description
Environmental Protection
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental law
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Environmental law
Languages : en
Pages : 36
Book Description
Science and Technology for DOE Site Cleanup
Author: National Research Council
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309108217
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management is developing a technology roadmap to guide planning and possible future congressional appropriations for its technology development programs. It asked the National Research Council of the National Academies to provide technical and strategic advice to support the development and implementation of this roadmap, specifically by undertaking a study that identifies principal science and technology gaps and their priorities for the cleanup program based on previous National Academies reports, updated and extended to reflect current site conditions and EM priorities and input form key external groups, such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Environmental Protection Agency, and state regulatory agencies. In response, this book provides a high-level synthesis of principal science and technology gaps identified in previous NRC reports in part 1. Part 2 summarizes a workshop meant to bring together the key external groups to discuss current site conditions and science and technology needs.
Publisher: National Academies Press
ISBN: 0309108217
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 86
Book Description
The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management is developing a technology roadmap to guide planning and possible future congressional appropriations for its technology development programs. It asked the National Research Council of the National Academies to provide technical and strategic advice to support the development and implementation of this roadmap, specifically by undertaking a study that identifies principal science and technology gaps and their priorities for the cleanup program based on previous National Academies reports, updated and extended to reflect current site conditions and EM priorities and input form key external groups, such as the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, Environmental Protection Agency, and state regulatory agencies. In response, this book provides a high-level synthesis of principal science and technology gaps identified in previous NRC reports in part 1. Part 2 summarizes a workshop meant to bring together the key external groups to discuss current site conditions and science and technology needs.
A review of DOE's accelerated cleanup program and state-based compliance agreements
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Energy and Commerce. Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
Environmental protection information used for defense environmental management : report to the Chairman, Committee on National Security, House of Representatives
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 142897797X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 142897797X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 32
Book Description
Environmental Contamination
Author: United States. General Accounting Office
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous waste site remediation
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Hazardous waste site remediation
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY F OR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S DEFENSE ENVIRONMENT A
Environmental Restoration Acceleration Report
Author: Barry Leonard
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788180576
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Dept. of Energy (DOE) has made great progress in accelerating the pace of cleanup over the past few years, and current estimates show that 80% of the Environmental Management site cleanups will be completed by the year 2021. These changes reflect a more focused technical baseline -- oriented towards results and fueled by performance-based contracts -- and a fundamental change in strategy, which involves: addressing urgent risks first; stabilizing sites; investing in technology development and basic science; reducing mortgage costs; and basing decisions on future land use considerations.
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
ISBN: 0788180576
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
The Dept. of Energy (DOE) has made great progress in accelerating the pace of cleanup over the past few years, and current estimates show that 80% of the Environmental Management site cleanups will be completed by the year 2021. These changes reflect a more focused technical baseline -- oriented towards results and fueled by performance-based contracts -- and a fundamental change in strategy, which involves: addressing urgent risks first; stabilizing sites; investing in technology development and basic science; reducing mortgage costs; and basing decisions on future land use considerations.