Long-Term Stewardship Program Science and Technology Requirements

McDonald, Joan

Idaho National Laboratory

关键词: Wastes Cleanup;    Ineel;    Recommendations;    99 - General And Miscellaneous//Mathematics, Computing, And Information Science;    Land Use;   

DOI  :  10.2172/910659
RP-ID  :  INEEL/EXT-02-00883
RP-ID  :  DE-AC07-99ID-13727
RP-ID  :  910659

美国|英语

来源: UNT Digital Library

【 摘 要 】

Many of the United States’ hazardous and radioactively contaminated waste sites will not be sufficiently remediated to allow unrestricted land use because funding and technology limitations preclude cleanup to pristine conditions. This means that after cleanup is completed, the Department of Energy will have long-term stewardship responsibilities to monitor and safeguard more than 100 sites that still contain residual contamination. Long-term stewardship encompasses all physical and institutional controls, institutions, information, and other mechanisms required to protect human health and the environment from the hazards remaining. The Department of Energy Long-Term Stewardship National Program is in the early stages of development, so considerable planning is still required to identify all the specific roles and responsibilities, policies, and activities needed over the next few years to support the program’s mission. The Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory was tasked with leading the development of Science and Technology within the Long-Term Stewardship National Program. As part of that role, a task was undertaken to identify the existing science and technology related requirements, identify gaps and conflicts that exist, and make recommendations to the Department of Energy for future requirements related to science and technology requirements for long-term stewardship. This work is summarized in this document.