Oak Ridge Operations Office, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, technology summary

Technical Report · Tue Nov 01 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:10194653

DOE`s Office of Technology Development manages an aggressive national program for applied research, development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation. This program develops high-payoff technologies to clean up the inventory of DOE nuclear component manufacturing sites and to manage DOE-generated waste faster, safer, and cheaper than current environmental cleanup technologies. OTD programs are designed to make new, innovative, and more effective technologies available for transfer to users through progressive development. Projects are demonstrated, tested, and evaluated to produce solutions to current problems. Transition of technologies into more advanced stages of development is based upon technological, regulatory, economic, and institutional criteria. New technologies are made available for use in eliminating radioactive, hazardous, and other wastes in compliance with regulatory mandates. The primary goal is to protect human health and prevent further contamination. OTD technologies address three specific problem areas: (1) groundwater and soils cleanup; (2) waste retrieval and processing; and (3) pollution prevention. Programs of each are discussed in this document. Technical solutions developed within OTD programs will benefit DOE, and should have direct applications in outside markets. OTD`s approach to technology development is an integrated process that seeks to identify technologies and development partners, and facilitates the movement of a technology from applied research to implementation.

• Research Organization: USDOE Oak Ridge Operations Office, TN (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE, Washington, DC (United States)
• OSTI ID: 10194653
• Report Number(s): DOE/EM--0207; ON: DE95003173; NC: NONE
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
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290500
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
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CONTAMINATION
ENVIRONMENT, HEALTH, AND SAFETY
GROUND WATER
OAK RIDGE
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT
REMEDIAL ACTION
RESEARCH PROGRAMS
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, DEMONSTRATION, AND COMMERCIALIZATION
SITE RESOURCE AND USE STUDIES
SOILS
US DOE
WASTE MANAGEMENT