Guidance Tools for Use in Nuclear Material Management Decisions Making

Conference · Tue Feb 26 00:00:00 EST 2002

OSTI ID:830029

Johnson, G V; Baker, D J; Sorenson, K B; Boeke, S G

This paper describes the results of Recommendation 14 of the Integrated Nuclear Materials Management Plan (INMMP) which was the product of a management initiative at the highest levels of the Department of Energy responding to a congressional directive to accelerate the work of achieving integration and cutting long-term costs associated with the management of nuclear materials, with the principal focus on excess materials. The INMMP provided direction to ''Develop policy-level decision support tools to support long-term planning and decision making.'' To accomplish this goal a team from the Savannah River Site, Sandia National Laboratories, Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL), and the U.S. Department of Energy experienced in the decision-making process developed a Guidebook to Decision-Making Methods. The goal of the team organized to implement Recommendation 14 was to instill transparency, consistency, rigor, and discipline in the DOE decision process. The guidebook introduces a process and a selection of proven methods for disciplined decision-making so that the results are clearer, more transparent, and easier for reviewers to understand and accept. It was written to set a standard for a consistent decision process.

• Research Organization: Savannah River Operations, U. S. Department of Energy P.O. Box A, Aiken SC (US); Westinghouse Savannah River Company Aiken SC; Sandia National Laboratories Albuquerque NM; (US)
• Sponsoring Organization: US Department of Energy (US)
• OSTI ID: 830029
• Resource Relation: Conference: Waste Management 2002 Symposium, Tucson, AZ (US), 02/24/2002--02/28/2002; Other Information: PBD: 26 Feb 2002
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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