Facing the challenges: The Department of Energy's environmental restoration program

Conference · Thu Oct 31 23:00:00 EST 1991 · Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States)

OSTI ID:7117474

Whitfield, R P; McGranahan, J R

The US Department of Energy (DOE) is faced with the largest environmental cleanup task ever to confront the US. As a result of >40 yr of defense production activities, throughout the US, numerous problems exist at DOE sites. Just over a year and a half ago, the Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (OERWM) was created to deal with the environmental problems at 111 sites in 32 states and Puerto Rico. The Office of Environmental Restoration (OER) is committed to cleaning up the existing problems at all 111 of these sites by 2019. There are many issues that OER must face successfully if it is to be part of a program that achieves its goal. The five greatest hurdles and challenges facing the program now are technology development, infrastructure constraints, regulatory requirements, pubic credibility, and contracting mechanisms.

• OSTI ID: 7117474
• Report Number(s): CONF-911107--
• Journal Information: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States), Journal Name: Transactions of the American Nuclear Society; (United States) Vol. 64; ISSN TANSA; ISSN 0003-018X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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