Environmental Management Technology-Development Program at the Department of Energy 1995 Review -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Improving the Development of Environmental Management Technologies -- IDENTIFICATION, SELECTION, AND PRIORITIZATION OF TECHNOLOGY-DEVELOPMENT INVESTMENTS -- CAREFUL CONSIDERATION OF WASTE STREAMS AND THEIR FINAL DISPOSAL -- PROJECT ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION -- PEER REVIEW -- INFORMATION GATHERING ON TECHNOLOGIES AVAILABLE AND BEING DEVELOPED IN THE UNITED STATES AND ABROAD -- 3 Technology Development in DOE: Focus Areas and Cross-Cutting Areas -- FOCUS AREAS -- Recommendations: Plumes Focus Area -- Recommendations: Landfills Focus Area -- Recommendations: High-Level Waste in Tanks Focus Area -- Recommendations: Mixed-Wastes Focus Area -- Recommendations: Decontamination and Decommissioning Focus Area -- CROSS-CUTTING AREAS -- Recommendations: Cross-Cutting Areas -- REFERENCES -- Appendix A: Subcommittee Reports -- SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONTAMINANT PLUMES -- Statement of Task -- Scope of Problem and Needs -- In-Situ Remediation of TCE - A Productive Industry/DOE/EPA Demonstration Using LASAGNATM -- Cleanup Objectives -- Criteria -- Status of Current Technologies and Needs -- References -- SUBCOMMITTEE ON LANDFILLS -- Overview and Summary of Preliminary Recommendations -- Overview of Subcommittee Activities and Approach -- Observations and Preliminary Recommendations -- Preliminary Findings, Observations, and Recommendations -- Scope of DOE Landfills Focus Area -- Overview of DOE Landfills Program and Focus Area -- Strategic Planning, Programmatic Goals, and Performance Measures -- Regulatory Aspects Impacting the Landfills Focus Area -- Recommendations -- Status of Current DOE Environmental-Technology Projects -- State-of-the-Art Assessment of Environmental Technologies.

Barrier and Cap Technology -- Technical-Needs Assessment Studies -- Performance Measure Modification -- General Guidance and Subcommittee Perspective -- References -- SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGH-LEVEL WASTE IN TANKS -- Introduction -- Scenario Approach -- Common Technology Needs -- Specific Technology Needs -- Major Concerns -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- SUBCOMMITTEE ON MIXED WASTES -- Scope and Tasks of the Subcommittee -- Overview of the DOE Mixed-Waste Focus Area -- Regulatory Aspects -- Criteria for Technology Development -- Status of Current Technologies -- Waste Types and Assessment/Characterization -- Technology Development and Selection -- Thermal Treatment -- Nonthermal Processes -- Stabilization and Containment -- Summary -- Issues Affecting Technology Development and Use -- Impact of Public Involvement/Concern -- Political Issues -- Regulatory Reform -- Cost/Benefit -- Privatization -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- SUBCOMMITTEE ON DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING -- Introduction -- Planning Documents -- Conclusions and Recommendations -- References -- CROSS-CUTTING AREAS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF IMPORTANCE -- Site Characterization -- Waste Characterization -- Monitoring and Sensor Technology -- Robotics -- DOE Needs -- Technology Status -- DOE Robotics Development Program -- Related Robotics Development Activities -- Concerns -- Separations -- Incineration -- Supercritical Water Oxidation (SCWO) -- Vitrification -- Disposal -- Choice of Disposal Sites -- Landfills -- New Technologies for Waste Disposal -- References -- Appendix B Statements of Task -- COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES (CEMT) -- Statement of Task -- SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONTAMINANT PLUMES -- Statement of Task -- SUBCOMMITTEE ON DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING -- Statement of Task -- SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGH-LEVEL WASTE IN TANKS.

Statement of Task -- SUBCOMMITTEE ON LANDFILLS -- Statement of Task -- SUBCOMMITTEE ON MIXED WASTES -- Statement of Task -- Appendix C Biographical Sketches of Committee and Subcommittee Members -- Appendix D Acronyms.