The National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2017 contained a request for a National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine review and assessment of science and technology development efforts within the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM). This technical report is the result of the review and presents findings and recommendations.
- FrontMatter
- Acknowledgments
- Acknowledgment of Reviewers
- Contents
- List of Common Acronyms
- Synopsis
- Executive Summary
- 1 Background and Study Task
- 2 Review of DOE-EM Technology Development Efforts
- 3 Review and Assessment of Technologies and Alternative Approaches
- References
- Appendix A: Congressional Request for the National Academies’ Study
- Appendix B: Major National Academies Reports on Waste Management and Environmental Cleanup of Nuclear Weapons Complex
- Appendix C: Committee and Staff Biographies
- Appendix D: Presentations and Site Visits
- Appendix E: DOE Sites Visited by the Committee