Activities with Argentina. Spring 1999. A U.S. Department of Energy Cooperative Program with the National Atomic Energy Commission of the Argentine Republic
In 1989, the US Department of Energy (DOE) responded to the need to redirect resources from weapons production to environmental restoration and waste management by establishing the Office of Environmental Management (EM) and delegated to this office the responsibility of cleaning up the US nuclear weapons complex. Now in its eight year, EM`s mission has three central facets: (1) to assess, remediate, and monitor contaminated sites and facilities; (2) to store, treat, and dispose of waste from past and current operations; and (3) to develop and implement innovative technologies for environmental cleanup. To this end, EM has established domestic and international cooperative technology development programs, including one with the Republic of Argentina. Cooperating with Argentine scientific institutes and industries meets US cleanup objectives by: (1) identifying and accessing Argentine EM-related technologies, thereby leveraging investments and providing cost-savings; (2) improving access to technical information, scientific expertise, and technologies applicable to EM needs; and (3) fostering the development of innovative environmental technologies by increasing US private sector opportunities in Argentina in EM-related areas.
- Research Organization:
- Dept. of Energy, Washington, DC (US)
- Sponsoring Organization:
- USDOE Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management, Washington, DC (US)
- OSTI ID:
- 350888
- Report Number(s):
- DOE/EM-0414; ON: DE99002562; NC: NONE; TRN: US0205578
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Supercedes report DE99002562; PBD: Spr 1999; PBD: 1 Jun 1999
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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