Research and development for DOE environmental restoration and waste management

Conference · Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:5964267

Erickson, M D; Borys, S S; Bugielski, D ^[1]; Lien, S C.T.; Hain, K E ^[2]

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1. Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
2. USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (USA). Div. of Research and Development

The US Department of Energy (DOE) recently consolidated its environmental restoration and waste management activities. Within that new organization, DOE has committed to support Research, Development, Demonstration, Testing and Evaluation (RDDT E) activities with the following objectives: rapidly advance beyond currently available technologies; provide solutions to key technical issues that will improve effectiveness, efficiency, and safety; and enhance DOE's ability to meet its 30-year compliance and cleanup goals. DOE has already supported a number of R D activities in this area and plans to continue that support in the future. DOE's Office of Technology Development is interested in eliciting broad participation from qualified organizations who can contribute to RDDT E activities. This presentation addresses the on-going and future R D, with an emphasis on the private sector activities. To focus private sector capabilities on the high-priority needs of DOE, a series of competitive solicitations was started in FY 1990. On May 1, 1990, on behalf of DOE's Office of Technology Development, Argonne National Laboratory issued a Request for Proposals that solicited proposals for research and development in the areas of (1) groundwater remediation, (2) soil remediation, (3) characterization of contamination and geological and hydrological features, and (4) containment of contaminated sites. In response to this solicitation, Argonne National Laboratory received 147 proposals. Fifteen of the proposals totaling $5.7 million were funded in FY 1990. The scope of work and evaluation criteria used in the procurement and the workscope of the resultant contracts are reviewed in this paper. The FY 1991 plans for competitive private sector research and development activities will also be presented at the conference. Funding levels, technical workscope, evaluation criteria, and schedule for the FY 1991 Request for Proposals will be detailed. 2 tabs.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Lab., IL (USA)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE; USDOE, Washington, DC (USA)
• DOE Contract Number: W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 5964267
• Report Number(s): ANL/CP-71331; CONF-910287-5; ON: DE91010283
• Resource Relation: Conference: National research and development conference on the control of hazardous materials, Anaheim, CA (USA), 20-22 Feb 1991
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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GROUND WATER
POLLUTION CONTROL
REMEDIAL ACTION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
SOILS
US DOE
WASTE MANAGEMENT
CHEMICAL WASTES
CONTAINMENT
CONTAMINATION
COST
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
EVALUATION
FIELD TESTS
PLANNING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
RISK ASSESSMENT
SCHEDULES
TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENT
TESTING
THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS
WASTE FORMS
CONTROL
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS
US ORGANIZATIONS
WASTES
WATER
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