Title: US DOE Office of Environmental Management Office of Waste Processing Fiscal Year 2010 Program Plan for Technology Development - 10508
Abstract: This paper describes the Fiscal Year 2010 (FY2010) Technology Development Program for the Office of Waste Processing, within the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management (EM) Office of Technology Innovation & Development. The Waste Processing portion of the EM Office of Technology Innovation & Development mission was formalized in 2007 with the release of the DOE-EM Engineering and Technology Roadmap and encompassed technology development and maturation related to the treatment and disposition of high level waste (HLW); the disposition of Challenging Materials (CM); the handling and disposition of DOE Spent Nuclear Fuels (SNF); and the transportation and disposal of low-level waste (LLW) and transuranic waste (TRU). A large majority of these wastes and associated facilities are unique to the DOE, meaning many of the programs to treat these materials are “first-of-a-kind” and unprecedented in scope and complexity. As a result, the technologies required to disposition these wastes must be developed from basic principles, or require significant re-engineering to adapt to EM’s specific applications. The Office of Waste Processing technology development program is focused on technology that enables the reduction of risk and uncertainty for handling and disposing of these materials throughout the DOE Complex. This paper will describe the key Waste Processing program needs originating from the EM Engineering & Technology Roadmap, along with the early evolution of the program and management processes. Technology development strategies and approaches will also be described, along with an overview of major program initiatives for FY2010 that resulted from a formal review by the National Academy of Sciences. Finally, an overview of the key aspects of a reshaped Waste Processing program management and execution strategy for FY2010 will be provided.
Publication Year: 2010
Publication Date: 2010-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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