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INDEPENDENT ASSESSMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S DEFENSE ENVIRONMENTAL CLEANUP PROGRAM
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
The National Academies Press, Washington, DC. ISBN: 13: 978-0-309-48775-7, 122 pp, 2019
This report identifies seven technology areas and alternative approaches that have the potential to substantially reduce long-term cleanup costs; accelerate cleanup schedules; mitigate uncertainties, vulnerabilities, or risks; or otherwise significantly improve DOE's Defense Environmental Cleanup Program for former nuclear weapons sites. The committee's recommendations address the following areas:technology-for-the-department-of-energys-defense-environmental-cleanup-program
The National Academies Press, Washington, DC. ISBN: 13: 978-0-309-48775-7, 122 pp, 2019
This report identifies seven technology areas and alternative approaches that have the potential to substantially reduce long-term cleanup costs; accelerate cleanup schedules; mitigate uncertainties, vulnerabilities, or risks; or otherwise significantly improve DOE's Defense Environmental Cleanup Program for former nuclear weapons sites. The committee's recommendations address the following areas:
- Waste chemistry at bulk and interfacial scales to facilitate treatment and disposal.
- Nuclear properties of waste to facilitate treatment and disposal.
- Human involvement in cleanup activities to increase cleanup efficiencies and reduce worker risks.
- Interrogation approaches to characterize wastes and monitor cleanup remedies and environmental impacts.
- Modeling and visualization approaches to manage large cleanup-related data sets and improve predictive capabilities.
- Disposal pathways to increase waste disposition options.
- Decision-making approaches to improve the quality and durability of cleanup decisions.
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