Improving the Identification, Dissemination and Implementation of Deactivation and Decommissioning Lessons Learned and Best Practices
- Office Director, D and D and Facility Engineering, US Department of Energy, Environmental Management, 1000 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20585 (United States)
- Vice President, Deactivation and Decommissioning, Fluor, PO Box 1050, MSIN B4-09, Richland, WA 99352 (United States)
- Director, Regulatory Affairs for Nuclear Operations, Fluor, 100 Fluor Daniel Drive, PW503N, Greenville, SC 29607 (United States)
Approximately $150 billion of work currently remains in the United States Department of Energy's (DoE's) Office of Environmental Management (EM) life cycle budget for U.S. projects. Contractors who manage facilities for the DOE have been challenged to identify transformational changes to reduce the life cycle costs and to develop a knowledge-management system that identifies, disseminates, and tracks the implementation of lessons learned and best practices. This paper discusses DoE's rationale for using lessons learned and best practices to improve safety and performance while reducing life cycle costs for Deactivation and Decommissioning (D and D) projects. It also provides an update on the Energy Facility Contractors Group's (EFCOG's) progress in supporting DoE's efforts. At this juncture the best practice efforts described are in developmental stages; however, the commitment to and the concrete nature of the work thus far is noteworthy in regard to improving the way D and D lessons learned and best practices are identified, disseminated and implemented across the DOE Complex.
- Research Organization:
- American Nuclear Society, 555 North Kensington Avenue, La Grange Park, Illinois 60526 (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 21144259
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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