The Office of Science and Technology (OST) of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Environmental Management (EM) recently has instituted a peer review program that uses the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), with administrative and technical support provided by the Institute for Regulatory Science (RSI), to conduct peer reviews of technologies (or groups of technologies) at various stages of development.
OST asked the NRC to convene an expert committee to evaluate the effectiveness of its new peer review program and to make specific recommendations to improve the program, if appropriate. This is the first of two reports to be prepared by this committee on OST's new peer review program. OST requested this interim report to provide a preliminary assessment of OST's new peer review program. In the final report, the committee will provide a more detailed assessment of OST's peer review program after its first complete annual cycle.
- Peer Review in the Department of Energy-Office of Science and Technology
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- USE OF THE TERM "PEER REVIEW"
- PLANNING OF REVIEWS
- SELECTION OF PROJECTS FOR REVIEW
- SELECTION OF REVIEW CRITERIA AND OBJECTIVES
- SELECTION OF REVIEWERS
- PEER REVIEW RESULTS
- IMPLEMENTATION OF PEER REVIEW PROGRAM
- Introduction
- Definition of Peer Review
- Benefits of Peer Review
- Peer Review Process
- SELECTION OF PROJECTS FOR PEER REVIEW
- DEFINITION OF PEER REVIEW OBJECTIVES AND SELECTION OF REVIEW CRITERIA
- Peer Review Objectives
- Peer Review Criteria
- SELECTION OF PEER REVIEWERS
- PLANNING AND CONDUCTING THE PEER REVIEW
- USEFULNESS OF PEER REVIEW RESULTS
- Peer Review Reports
- Feedback Procedures
- Metrics to Evaluate Program Success
- Implementation of the Peer Review Program
- OST'S "CORPORATE" CULTURE
- ROLE OF LEADERSHIP
- References
- Appendixes
- Appendix A Description of OST's Peer Review Program
- Roles and Responsibilities
- FA/CC Program Managers
- Principal Investigators
- Peer Review Coordinator
- ASME Peer Review Committee and Its Executive Panel
- Peer Review Panels
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- Institute for Regulatory Science
- Selection of Technologies to Be Reviewed
- Types of Reviews
- Selection of Reviewers
- Conflict of Interest
- Peer Review Criteria
- Review Reports
- Feedback of Peer Review Results into Program Management and Development Decisions
- Appendix B Description of OST's Technology Investment Decision Model
- Stage 1: Basic Research
- Gate 1: Entrance into Applied Research Stage
- Stage 2: Applied Research
- Gate 2: Entrance into Exploratory Development Stage
- Stage 3: Exploratory Development
- Gate 3: Entrance into Advanced Development Stage
- Stage 4: Advanced Development
- Gate 4: Entrance into Engineering Development Stage
- Stage 5: Engineering Development
- Gate 5: Entrance into Demonstration Stage
- Stage 6: Demonstration
- Gate 6: Entrance into Implementation Stage
- Stage 7: Implementation
- Appendix C Description of OST's Review Program
- Department-Level Reviews
- Program-Level Reviews
- Project-Level Reviews
- Appendix D Biographical Sketches
- Appendix E
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