Efficient separations and processing crosscutting program overview
- Department of Energy, Germantown, MD (United States)
- Department of Energy, Oak Ridge, TN (United States)
- Pacific Northwest National Lab., Richland, WA (United States)
The US Department of Energy (DOE) established the Office of Science and Technology (formerly the Office of Technology Development), as part of the Office of Environmental Management (EM) in November 1989. EM manages remediation of all DOE sites and wastes from current operations. The goal of the EM program is to minimize risks to human health, safety, and the environment and to bring all DOE sites into compliance with federal, state, and local regulations by the year 2019. The Office of Science and Technology (EM-50) is charged with developing and implementing new technologies that are safer, faster, more effective, and less expensive than current methods. To focus resources and address opportunities, EM-50 has targeted four major remediation and waste management problem areas within the DOE complex for action based on risk, prevalence, or need for technology development to meet environmental requirements and regulations. Other areas may be added or current areas further partitioned to ensure that research technology development programs remain focused on EM`s most pressing remediation and waste management needs. These major problem areas, called Focus Areas are: high-level waste tank remediation; mixed waste characterization, treatment, and disposal; subsurface contaminants; and facility transitioning, decommissioning, and final disposition.
- Research Organization:
- Science, Inc., Anaheim, CA (United States)
- OSTI ID:
- 527182
- Report Number(s):
- PNNL-SA--28461-Rev.1; CONF-970148--Rev.1; ON: DE97052111
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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