The U. S. Department of Energy Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Five-Year Plan
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (United States)
Within the first month after being confirmed as this country's sixth secretary of energy, Admiral James D. Watkins (US Navy, Retired) promised Congress that he would deliver a comprehensive plan that outlines specific actions to undertake over the next 5 yr to achieve compliance with US environmental laws and to begin to clean up and restore those sites that we have contaminated over the past 40 yr. The Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Five-Year Plan was published in August 1989. As the admiral committed, the plan established and documented an agenda for compliance and cleanup against which progress in the area of environmental restoration and waste management would be measured and specifically identified actions and commitments to achieve this progress. In November 1989, an additional chapter identifying the applied research, development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation (RDDT and E) activities that would support the implementation of the plan was published. Last June, the US Department of Energy (DOE) issued the first annual update of the 5-yr plan. This update covers the years 1992-1996, notes the progress achieved during the past year, and incorporates the scope of both the original plan and the RDDT and E plan. The plan is divided into five sections: corrective activities, environmental restoration, waste operations, technology development, and transportation. Each section explains DOE's overall policies and plans for achieving compliance and cleanup at DOE's nuclear-related facilities
- OSTI ID:
- 7098161
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-901101--
- Journal Information:
- Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Vol. 62; ISSN TANSAO; ISSN 0003-018X
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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11 NUCLEAR FUEL CYCLE AND FUEL MATERIALS
CLEANING
DECONTAMINATION
DEMONSTRATION PROGRAMS
ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECTS
IMPLEMENTATION
INFORMATION
INFORMATION NEEDS
MANAGEMENT
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NUCLEAR FACILITIES
PLANNING
PROGRAM MANAGEMENT
PUBLIC HEALTH
PUBLIC INFORMATION
PUBLIC OPINION
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REMEDIAL ACTION
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SAFETY
TESTING
TRANSPORT
US DOE
US ORGANIZATIONS
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