Technology Readiness Assessment of Department of Energy Waste Processing Facilities: Lessons Learned, Next Steps

Conference · Tue Jul 01 04:00:00 EDT 2008

OSTI ID:21319784

Alexander, D ^[1]; Gerdes, K ^[2]; Holton, L ^[3]; Krahn, S ^[4]; Sutter, H ^[5]

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1. Department of Energy Office of River Protection, Richland, WA (United States)
2. Department of Energy, Office of Waste Processing, EM-21, Germantown, MD (United States)
3. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA (United States)
4. Department of Energy, Office of Waste Processing, EM-21, Washington DC (United States)
5. Consultant, Department of Energy, Office of Project Recovery, Germantown, MD (United States)

In an effort to improve its oversight of major waste treatment construction projects DOE has piloted a Technical Readiness Assessment/Technology Maturation Plan (TRA/TMP) process based on similar processes employed by the United States Department of Defense (DoD) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA. DOE has carried out TRAs for the Hanford Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP), for supplemental treatment technologies that may be employed to process Hanford low activity waste (LAW), for the removal of Hanford K-Basin waste, and for treatment technologies for Savannah River Site's tank 48. This paper describes the TRA/TMP methodology and discusses the findings and lessons learned during its application. The paper also discusses the next steps in the technical assessment of DOE environmental projects. (authors)

• Research Organization: WM Symposia, 1628 E. Southern Avenue, Suite 9 - 332, Tempe, AZ 85282 (United States)
• OSTI ID: 21319784
• Report Number(s): INIS-US--10-WM-08290
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

12 MANAGEMENT OF RADIOACTIVE AND NON-RADIOACTIVE WASTES FROM NUCLEAR FACILITIES
HANFORD RESERVATION
NASA
RADIOACTIVE WASTE FACILITIES
RADIOACTIVE WASTE PROCESSING
RADIOACTIVE WASTES
REMOVAL
SAVANNAH RIVER PLANT
TANKS
US DOD