The National Academies will, over the next year, evaluate technology development activities within the Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management (EM).
The study, led by the Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, is being conducted at the request of DOE EM. It has two primary purposes: reviewing the office’s technology development activities, including the means DOE EM uses to select particular systems to be developed; and evaluating “technologies and/or alternative approaches” that could cut expenses, hasten the pace of work, relieve potential issues, and offer other enhancements to the $6 billion-plus annual remediation mission.
The review is expected to last more than a year.
The Nuclear and Radiation Studies Board is seeking specialists within fields such as chemistry, engineering, geoscience, risk analysis, and waste processing and management to help with the process. The deadline to nominate experts is Sept. 29. For information, email the study director, Rania Kosti, at [email protected].
