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Bullet National Report on the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, May 2003 (2.4 MB)
Bullet Top-To-Bottom Review of the Environmental Management Program Status Report, October 2003
Bullet National Report on the Joint Convention on the Safety of Spent Fuel Management and on the Safety of Radioactive Waste Management, May 2003 (2.4 MB)
Bullet Guidance for Optimizing Ground Water Response Actions at Department of Energy Sites, May 2002
Bullet CERCLA (Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act) Five-Year Review Guide, March 2002
Bullet Top-to-Bottom Review of the Environmental Management Program, February 2002
Bullet Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on the Dispositon of Scrap Metals, July 2001
Bullet Revision to the Record of Decision for the Department of Energy's Waste Management Program:  Treatment and Storage of Transuranic Waste, July 13, 2001
The revision is to transfer approximately 300 cubic meters of contact-handled transuranic (CH-TRU) waste from the Mound Plant to the Savannah River Site (SRS) for storage, characterization, and repackaging for disposal at WIPP. DOE will ship this Mound CH-TRU waste to SRS in OHOX railcars (formerly known as ATMX railcars), in accordance with a DOT exemption from the requirement for shipping this waste in a Type B container.
Bullet Action Plan for Emerging Technological Alternatives to Incineration,June 2001
Bullet Innovative Technology Summary Report - Copper Cable Recycling Technology, May 2001 PDF Symbol
Deactivation and decommissioning activities of nuclear facilities generates hundreds of tons of contaminated copper cable, which are sent to radioactive waste disposal sites. The Copper Cable Recycling Technology separates the clean copper from contaminated insulation and dust materials in these cables. The recovered copper can then be reclaimed and, more importantly, landfill disposal volumes can be reduced.
Bullet Innovative Technology Summary Report - Fission Products Separations Testing, May 2001 PDF Symbol
To remove the radioactive fission products strontium-90 ( 90 Sr) and cesium-137 ( 137 Cs) from near-neutral pH wastewater and groundwater, sorbents are needed that rapidly and tightly bind these ions into a stable solid matrix of low volume which is (or can be made) acceptable for disposal.
Bullet Innovative Technology Summary Report - Remotely Operated Vehicle (ROV) System for Horizontal Tanks, May 2001 PDF Symbol
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is responsible for cleaning and closing over 300 small and large underground tanks across the DOE complex that are used for storing over 1-million gal of high- and low-level radioactive and mixed waste (HLW, LLW, and MLLW). The contents of these aging tanks must be sampled to analyze for contaminants to determine final disposition of the tank and its contents. Access to these tanks is limited to small-diameter risers that allow for sample collection at only one discrete point below this opening. To collect a more representative sample without exposing workers to tank interiors, a remote-controlled retrieval method must be used.
Bullet Innovative Technology Summary Report - Surveillance and Measurement System (SAMS), May 2001 PDF Symbol
Many facilities at the INEEL and other DOE sites have become obsolete and are being demolished or dismantled. Prior to performing any decontamination or dismantlement work, these facilities must be characterized. Part of the characterization includes isotopic radionuclide analysis. The results of the characterization are used to plan D&D; work at that site.
Bullet Innovative Technology Summary Report - Well Injection Depth Extraction (WIDE) Soil Flushing, May 2001 PDF Symbol
An innovative subsurface remediation technology, termed Well Injection Depth Extraction (WIDE), has been developed by researchers from North Carolina State University (NCSU). The WIDE system is a hybrid soil flushing/soil gas extraction system that uses Prefabricated Vertical Wells (PVWs) for the in situ remediation of contaminated fine-grained soils with hydraulic conductivities ranging from 10 -3 to 10 -8 cm/s. The WIDE system has been field demonstrated as suitable for removal of dissolved-phase contaminants, dense non-aqueous phase liquids (DNAPLs), and light non-aqueous phase liquids (LNAPLs).
Bullet Revision to the Record of Decision for the Department of Energy's Waste Management Program: Treatment and Storage of Transuranic Waste, December 2000
The Department of Energy is revising the Record of Decision for the Department of Energy's Waste Management Program: Treatment and Storage of Transuranic Waste.  The Department has decided to establish a centralized characterization capability at the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) to prepare contact-handled transuranic waste for disposal (up to 1,250 of the 7,000 cubic meters planned to be received for disposal annually). The New Mexico Environment Department must approve a modification of WIPP's Hazardous Waste Facility Permit before the Department could perform disposal characterization at WIPP.
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Current and Planned Low-Level Waste Disposal Capacity Report Revision 2, December 2000
This document has been prepared in accordance with the Department of Energy’s response to Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board Recommendation 94-2, and describes the overall approach, major elements, and key implementation steps of the Department of Energy’s Low-Level Waste Projection Program.       

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Long-Term Stewardship Study, Draft, October 2000 PDF Symbol
This report describes and analyzes several significant national or cross-cutting issues associated with long-term stewardship.
       
Federal Register Notice on the Long-Term Stewardship Study PDF Symbol

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Twelfth Annual Report to Congress, Fiscal Year 1998 Progress in Implementing Section 120 of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act, DOE/EM-0536, April 2000
This report presents information on contaminated sites at DOE facilities that were placed on the NPL as of September 30, 1998, and on facilities on the docket as of November 23, 1998 (eleventh annual update). These versions of the NPL and docket are the most current.

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Status Report on Paths to Closure, March 2000
This document contains updates of the Department of Energy's (DOE) Environmental Management (EM) program life-cycle cost and schedule estimates for completing cleanup, which EM last provided in the 1998 Paths to Closure report. EM is issuing this status report now to discuss recent trends in its life-cycle cost and schedule estimates and to introduce additional analyses that offer new insights into the long-term scope of the program. This status report is based on life-cycle cost and schedule data that EM collected in 1999. The estimated schedules for completing environmental management activities (not including long-term stewardship) have been adjusted to be consistent with the FY 2001 budget request.

Bullet Record of Decision for the Department of Energy's Waste Management Program: Treatment and Disposal of Low-Level Waste and Mixed Low-Level Waste; Amendment of the Record of Decision for the Nevada Test Site, February 18, 2000
This Record of Decision applies to treatment and disposal of Low-Level Waste and Mixed Low-Level Waste as analyzed in the WM PEIS.
The Department of Energy Public Reading Rooms Exit EM
These public reading rooms are available for referencing documentation related to the WM PEIS.
Bullet Waste Management Year-End  FY 1999 Progress Report, December 1999 PDF Symbol
This report describes the Waste Management Program's mission and drivers and provides key performance objectives and actual performance data for the reporting period.
Bullet Technical Guidance for the Long-Term Monitoring of Natural Attenuation Remedies at Department of Energy Sites, October 1999
The purpose of this guide is to provide Department of Energy (DOE) Remedial Project Managers (RPMs) with technical direction on: the role of monitoring for effective implementation of a natural attenuation remedy; the key considerations for designing a natural attenuation monitoring network; and statistical approaches for interpreting monitoring data and refining conceptual site models.

From Cleanup to Stewardship, A Companion Report to Accelerating Cleanup: Paths to Closure, October 1999 PDF Symbol   
Supports the Scoping Process Required for the 1998 PEIS Settlement Study and provides background information on the Department of Energy's long-term stewardship obligations and activities. Long term stewardship includes the work necessary to protect human health and the environment from hazards remaining after cleanup (including entire sites that are closing and portions of sites that are not closing) or facility stabilization is completed.

Facility Deactivation Methods and Practices Handbook, August 20, 1999 has been replaced with Excess Facility Transition to Deactivation and Decommissioning --The management approach to disposing of DOE’s excess facilities is set forth in DOE Order 430.1A, Life Cycle Asset Management (LCAM). In general, excess facility disposition phases encompass Transition, Deactivation, Surveillance and Maintenance, and Decommissioning.

Record of Decision for the Department of Energy's Waste Management Program: Storage of High-Level Radioactive Waste, August 12, 1999
This Record of Decision applies only to the storage of immobilized HLW as analyzed in the WM PEIS.

Profiles of Environmental Restoration CERCLA Disposal Facilities, July 1999
The Environmental Restoration (ER) Waste Issues Crosscutting Team prepared the Profiles of Environmental Restoration CERCLA Disposal Facilities (Profiles) to provide a concise description of the six operating or planned facilities designed exclusively for the disposal of waste generated by cleanup activities conducted pursuant to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).

Waste Management Mid-Year FY 1999 Progress Report, June 1999 PDF Symbol
This report describes the Waste Management Program's mission and drivers and provides key performance objectives and actual performance data for the reporting period.

Decision-Making Framework Guide for the Evaluation and Selection of Monitored Natural Attenuation Remedies at Department of Energy Sites, May 13, 1999
The purpose of this guide is to provide Department of Energy (DOE) Remedial Project Managers with a decision-making framework for evaluating the efficacy of monitored natural attenuation (MNA) as a remedial alternative within the bounds established by applicable regulations and the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) recent MNA policy directive.  The Department supports the principles set forth in EPA's directive and has used these principles as a foundation to develop this guide.

EM Corporate Data Collection Guidance for the Interim Data Management System (IDMS) and the Analysis and Visualization System (AVS), Rev. 2.0 [Detailed Guidance], April 5, 1999
This detailed guidance package provides line-by-line instructions for data entry/submission to the EM Corporate Database through the Interim Data Management System (IDMS).  It is provided as a follow-on to the December 21, 1998, "Guidance for the Spring Update to the EM Corporate Database: Life-cycle Planning Data, FY 2001 Budget Formulation Information, and Paths to Closure".

Closure for the Seventh Generation, A Report from the Stewardship Committee of the State and Tribal Government Working Group, February 1999 PDF Symbol
This report addresses State and Tribal Government concerns regarding long-term stewardship controls and restrictions at the DOE sites.

Fiscal Year 1999 Progress in Implementing Section 120 of the CERCLA, February 1999
This report, prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Environmental Management, is being submitted to Congress in accordance with Section 120(e)(5) of CERCLA. It is DOE's Eleventh Annual Report to Congress and provides information on DOE's progress in implementing CERCLA Section 120 in fiscal year 1997 (FY 97), i.e., from October 1, 1996, to September 30, 1997.

IPABS Handbook, February 16, 1999 
The IPABS Handbook describes the planning, budgeting, execution, and evaluation business processes necessary to meet the EM vision.

Summary of Public Comments on DOE Order 435.1, Radioactive Waste Management, December 1998 (Historical)
This report summarizes the most frequently received comments and the Department's responses from approximately 250 comments that were received.

Waste Management Fiscal Year 1998 Progress Report, December 1998 (Historical)  PDF Symbol
This report describes the Waste Management Program's mission and drivers and provides key performance objectives and actual performance data for the reporting period.

Guidance for the Spring Update to the EM Corporate Database: Life Cycle Planning Data, FY2001 Budget Paths to Closure, Rev. 2.0, December 21, 1998 (Historical)
This guidance package provides overall policy and implementation information to Department of Energy's (DOE) Operations/Field Offices and Headquarters about the Office of Environmental Management's (EM) annual process of updating the EM Corporate Database, including the data required to prepare EM's annual Paths to Closure report and to support the formulation of the FY 2001 budget.

Environmental Management Research and Development Program Plan Solution - Based Investments in Science and Technology, November 1998 PDF symbol (Historical)
The plan describes the investments Environmental Management will make in science and technology to support the cleanup mission of the Department of Energy.

Environmental Management Strategic Plan for Science Technology, November 1998 PDF symbol (Historical)
The plan describes the role of science and technology investments in the Environmental Management cleanup mission.

Information Package on Pending Low-Level Waste and Mixed Low-Level Waste Disposal Decisions, September 1998 (Historical)
This document puts the LLW and MLLW disposal decisions in context with other Departmental activities, describes each option, and provides results of the quantitative analysis for the criteria DOE will use to makes its decision.

Final Environmental Impact Statement on Management of Certain Plutonium Residues and Scrub Alloy Stored at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Summary) -- DOE/EIS-0277F7, August 1998 (Historical)
This Final Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) identifies potential alternatives and impacts associated with the proposed action to process certain plutonium residues and all of the scrub alloy currently stored at the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (Rocky Flats).

Record of Decision for the Department of Energy's Waste Management Program: Treatment of Non-wastewater Hazardous Waste, July 30, 1998 (Historical)
This Record of Decision applies only to the treatment of non-wastewater hazardous waste as analyzed in the WM PEIS, and addresses the extent to which the Department will continue to rely on off-site treatment of non-wastewater hazardous waste.

Accelerating Cleanup: Paths to Closure, June 1998 (Historical)
This document outlines the Energy Department’s evolving and dynamic cleanup program based on site-developed, project-by-project forecasts of the scope, schedule, and costs to complete the 353 projects that currently define the cleanup program.

Waste Management Mid-Fiscal Year 1998 Progress Report, June 1998 PDF Symbol (Historical)
This report describes the Waste Management Program's mission and drivers and provides key performance objectives and actual performance data for the reporting period. 

Final Management Action Process (MAP) Resource Guide, March 1998 (Historical)
The Final Management Action Process (MAP) Resource Guide outlines the Process being implemented within Environmental Restoration which is critical and offers tangible benefits.

Record of Decision from the Waste Management Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement, January 20, 1998 (Historical)
The WM PEIS is a Department-wide study of the environmental impacts of managing five types of waste generated by defense and research activities at a variety of DOE sites around the United States. This Record of Decision applies only to the treatment (including packaging) and storage of TRU waste as analyzed in the WM PEIS. Records of Decision for the four other waste types analyzed in the WM PEIS will be issued in due course.

Record of Decision from the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Disposal Phase Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement, January 16, 1998 (Historical)
This Record of Decision documents the Department's decision to implement the Preferred Alternative, as analyzed in the "Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Disposal Phase Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement" (DOE/EIS-0026-FS2, September 1997) (SEIS­II). This Record of Decision is being issued in coordination with the preparation of the Record of Decision on the treatment and storage of TRU waste.

Integrated Data Base (IDB) Report Rev. 13, for CY 1996 Data, December 1997 (Historical)
The Integrated Data Base Program has compiled historic data on inventories and characteristics of both commercial and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and commercial and U.S. government-owned radioactive wastes.

Waste Management Fiscal Year 1997 Progress Report, December 1997 (Historical)
This report describes the Waste Management Program's mission and drivers and provides key performance objectives and actual performance data for the reporting period.

Fiscal Year 1996 Progress in Implementing Section 120 of the CERCLA, December 1997 (Historical)
This report, prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Environmental Management, is being submitted to Congress in accordance with Section 120(e)(5) of CERCLA. It is DOE's Tenth Annual Report to Congress and provides information on DOE's progress in implementing CERCLA Section 120 in fiscal year 1996 (FY 96), i.e., from October 1, 1995, to September 30, 1996.

Requirements-Based Surveillance and Maintenance Review Guide - DOE/EM-0341, November 1997 (Historical)
This document describes a Requirements-Based Surveillance and Maintenance (RBSM) review and evaluation process. This process is a tool to systematically perform a bottom-up analysis of S&M; to identify potential reductions in S&M; activities for the reallocation of funding and labor resources to mission-direct work in support of accelerated cleanup and site closure.

Waste Management Progress Report, June 1997 (Historical)
This report describes the Waste Management Program's mission and drivers and provides key performance objectives and actual performance data for the reporting period.

Resourceful Reuse: A Guide to Planning Future Uses of Department of Energy Sites - DOE/EM-0285, May 1997 (Historical)
This document describes a Requirements-Based Surveillance and Maintenance (RBSM) review and evaluation process. This process is a tool to systematically perform a bottom-up analysis of S&M; to identify potential reductions in S&M; activities for the reallocation of funding and labor resources to mission-direct work in support of accelerated cleanup and site closure. 

1996 Baseline Environmental Management Report (Historical)
The Baseline Environmental Management Report (Baseline Report) is an analytical tool to help guide the Departmental decisions and provide an accounting of the Department's progress, spending, and plans. In addition to illustrating the assumed path forward, the 1996 Baseline Report presents policy analyses that examine the consequences of modifying key program assumptions.

Waste Acceptance Product Specifications for Vitrified High-Level Waste Forms, December 1996 (Historical)
This report provides background information detailing with the purpose of the EM-WAPS, the groups involved, their roles in the waste acceptance process, and the deliverables required by that waste acceptance process.

Integrated Data Base (IDB) Report Rev. 12, for CY 1995 Data, December 1996 (Historical)
The Integrated Data Base Program has compiled historic data on inventories and characteristics of both commercial and U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) spent nuclear fuel (SNF) and commercial and U.S. government-owned radioactive wastes.

Low-Level Waste Projection Program Guide, December 18, 1996 (Historical)
The Low-Level Waste Projection Program Guide (referred to as the Guide) provides a standardized approach and methodology for developing low-level waste projections and a mechanism for continuous improvement of projection data through the use of data quality objectives and periodic quality assessments.

Generic Technical Management Plan, October 1996 (Historical)
The generic Technical Management Plan (TMP) identifies the master list of Department of Energy (DOE) personnel requirements and responsibilities contained in statutes, regulations, DOE Orders, and consensus standards that are applicable to a potential action undertaken by the Office of Environmental Restoration, Office of Environmental Management.

Fiscal Year 1995 Progress in Implementing Section 120 of the CERCLA, September 1996 (Historical)
This report, prepared by the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Environmental Management, is being submitted to Congress in accordance with Section 120(e)(5) of CERCLA. It is DOE's Ninth Annual Report to Congress and provides information on DOE's progress in implementing CERCLA Section 120 in Fiscal Year 1995 (FY 95), i.e., from October 1, 1994, to September 30, 1995.
Documenting Cost and Performance for Environmental Restoration Projects, August 8, 1996 (Historical)
The purpose of this DOE guide is to facilitate the use of consistent procedures to document cost and performance information for projects involving the remediation of media contaminated with hazardous and radioactive waste. It provides remedial action project managers with a standardized set of data to document completed remediation projects.
Environmental Restoration Acceleration Report, May 1, 1996 (Historical)
This Report provides details on the substantial benefits to the American taxpayers which have been or will be realized through an accelerated environmental restoration and waste management projects strategy.
Charting the Course: The Future Use Report, April 1996 (Historical)
In January 1994, Department of Energy (DOE) site managers were requested to collaborate with tribal, state, and local governments and stakeholders to develop recommendations concerning the future uses of land and infrastructure at 20 DOE sites. The Future Use Report reflects the results of two years of planning and provides land use recommendations developed by 16 sites.

Innovative Technology Summary Report - Advanced Worker Protection System, April 1996 (Historical)
Tech ID 75 INDP
The Advanced Worker Protection System is a liquid-air-based, self-contained breathing and cooling system with a duration of 2 hours. This Innovative Technology Summary Report contains information on this technology including description, applicability, cost, and performance data.

Innovative Technology Summary Report - Cone Penetrometer, April 1996 (Historical)
Tech ID 243 CMST/SCFA/TFA
Cone Penetrometer Technology (CPT) provides cost-effective, real-time data for use in the characterization of the subsurface. This Innovative Technology Summary Report contains information on this technology including description, applicability, cost, and performance data.

Innovative Technology Summary Report - Lasagna™ Soil Remediation, April 1996 (Historical)
Tech ID 4 SCFA
Lasagna™ remediates soils and soil pore water contaminated with soluble organic compounds. Lasagna™ is especially suited to sites with low permeability soils where electroosmosis can move water faster and more uniformly than hydraulic methods, with very low power consumption. This Innovative Technology Summary Report contains information on this technology including description, applicability, cost, and performance data.

Innovative Technology Summary Report - Pipe Explorer™ System, April 1996 (Historical)
Tech ID 74 DDFA/INDP, DOE/EM-0440
The Pipe Explorer™ Surveying System uses a pneumatically operated airtight tubular membrane to tow radiation detectors and video cameras into pipes. This Innovative Technology Summary Report contains information on this technology including description, applicability, cost, and performance data.

Office of Environmental Management Critical Few Performance Measures -- Definitions & Methodology, March 22, 1996 (Historical)
The Critical Few are key measures of Office of Environmental Management performance that focus on "big picture" outcomes along the five broad areas of: mission completion, business indicators, major milestones, trust and confidence, and safety & health--the "vital signs" of EM's corporate health.

Innovative Technology Summary Report - In Situ Enhanced Soil Mixing, February 1996 (Historical)
Tech ID 54 SCFA
In Situ Enhanced Soil Mixing is a treatment technology that has been demonstrated and deployed to remediate soils contaminated with VOCs. This Innovative Technology Summary Report contains information on this technology including description, applicability, cost, and performance data.

Taking Stock: A Look at the Opportunities and Challenges Posed by Inventories from the Cold War EraDOE-EM0275, January 1996 (Historical)
This report summarizes the DOE's knowledge of materials in inventory used to build nuclear weapons and conduct basic energy research and lays the groundwork for improved materials management and disposition planning.

Closing the Circle on the Splitting of the Atom, January 1996 (Historical)
This book describes environmental, safety, and health problems throughout the nuclear weapons complex and what the Department of Energy is doing to address them.

Annual Report to Congress Department of Energy Activities Relating to the Defense  Nuclear Facilities Safety Board, 1995 (Historical)
This is the sixth Annual Report to the Congress describing Department of Energy  activities in response to Recommendations and other interactions with the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board.

Environmental Management, 1995 (Historical)
Environmental Management 1995 is the second report prepared in response to the requirements of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year l994.  This report is intended to provide a broad overview of the Environmental Management program's activities in 1994, 1995, and 1996.

Final Environmental Impact Statement on a Proposed Nuclear Weapons Nonproliferation Policy Concerning Foreign Research Reactor Spent Nuclear Fuel, 1995 (Historical)
The purpose of the Environmental Impact Statement EIS is to promote U.S. nuclear weapons nonproliferation policy objectives, by seeking to reduce and eventually eliminate highly-enriched (weapons-grade) uranium from civilian commerce worldwide. Environmental effects and policy considerations of three Management Alternative approaches for implementation of the proposed policy are assessed.
Questions and Answers About the Federal Facility Compliance Act of 1992 and the Department of Energy's Plans to Treat Mixed Waste,  1995 (Historical)
Listed in this document are questions about the FFCAct and the Plans prepared by the DOE for treating mixed waste in accordance with the Act, and responses prepared by the staff of the DOE Federal Facility Compliance Act Task Force.
US Department of Energy, Office of Environmental Restoration, Relative Ranking Evaluation Framework, December 1995 (Historical)
This Primer provides information on the relative ranking evaluation framework being implemented by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Restoration Program (EM-40) to help rank release sites, facilities, and buildings requiring restoration or decommissioning.

Innovative Technology Summary Report - Flameless Thermal Oxidation, September 1995 (Historical)
Tech ID 52 SCFA
The Flameless Thermal Oxidizer is a commercial technology that has been demonstrated to be an effective destructive technology for process and waste stream off-gas treatment of volatile organic compounds (VOCs), and in the treatment of VOC and chlorinated volatile organic compounds (CVOCs) off-gases generated during site remediation using either baseline or innovative in situ environmental technologies. This Innovative Technology Summary Report contains information on this technology including description, applicability, cost, and performance data.

Environmental Restoration Strategic Plan, August 1995 (Historical)
The Plan is designed to implement the Environmental Management Strategic Plan and to reflect the roles, responsibilities and authorities of Headquarters and Field organizations as defined by the Assistant Secretary for Environmental Management.

Innovative Technology Summary Report - SEAMIST™ , August 1995 (Historical)
Tech ID 53 SCFA
SEAMIST™ has been demonstrated and deployed as an innovative tool to better access the subsurface for characterization and monitoring of contaminants in both vertical and horizontal boreholes. This Innovative Technology Summary Report contains information on this technology including description, applicability, cost, and performance data.

Innovative Technology Summary Report - Dynamic Underground Stripping, April 1995 (Historical)
Tech ID 7 SCFA
Dynamic Underground Stripping is a combination of several technologies targeted to remediate soil and ground water contaminated with organic compounds. This Innovative Technology Summary Report contains information on this technology including description, applicability, cost, and performance data.

Innovative Technology Summary Report - Frozen Soil Barrier Technology, April 1995 (Historical)
Tech ID 51 SCFA, DOE/EM-0483
Frozen Soil Barrier can be used to isolate and control the migration of underground radioactive or other hazardous contaminants subject to transport by groundwater flow. This Innovative Technology Summary Report contains information on this technology including description, applicability, cost, and performance data.

Innovative Technology Summary Report - In Situ Air Stripping Using Horizontal Wells, April 1995 (Historical)
Tech ID 1918 SCFA
In situ air stripping (ISAS) technology was developed to remediate soils and ground water contaminated with VOCs both above and below the water table. ISAS employs horizontal wells to inject (sparge) air into the ground water and vacuum extract VOCs from vadose zone soils. This Innovative Technology Summary Report contains information on this technology including description, applicability, cost, and performance data.

Innovative Technology Summary Report - In Situ Bioremediation Using Horizontal Wells , April 1995 (Historical)
Tech ID 1919 SCFA
In Situ Bioremediation (ISB) remediates soils and ground water contaminated with VOCs both above and below the water table. ISB involves injection of air and nutrients (sparging and biostimulation) into the ground water and vacuum extraction to remove VOCs from the vadose zone concomitant with biodegradation of VOCs. This Innovative Technology Summary Report contains information on this technology including description, applicability, cost, and performance data.

Innovative Technology Summary Report - ResonantSonic Drilling, April 1995 (Historical)
Tech ID 55 SCFA
ResonantSonic drilling has been demonstrated and deployed as an innovative tool to access the subsurface for installation of monitoring and/or remediation wells and for collection of subsurface materials for environmental restoration applications. This Innovative Technology Summary Report contains information on this technology including description, applicability, cost, and performance data.

Innovative Technology Summary Report - Six Phase Soil Heating, April 1995 (Historical)
Tech ID 5 SCFA
Six Phase Soil Heating was developed to remediate soils contaminated with volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds. This Innovative Technology Summary Report contains information on this technology including description, applicability, cost, and performance data.

Environmental Management, 1994 (Historical)
Environmental Management 1994 was prepared in response to the requirements of the National Defense Authorization Act for 1994, features three sections. The first section describes the Department of Energy's national Environmental Management program. This is followed by a closer look at what the program is doing across the country, organized by region and state. The third section features state and site performance and funding data.

RCRA Corrective Action & CERCLA Remedial Action Reference Guide, July 1994 (Historical)
This Reference Guide is a concise, side-by-side overview of major topics and steps of the RCRA corrective action and CERCLA remedial action processes. It focuses on the statutory and regulatory requirements of each program.
Committed to Results: DOE's Environmental Management Program, An Introduction (EM Primer),  April 1994 (Historical)
This booklet describes how DOE manages radioactive, hazardous, and mixed waste and how it is removing contamination from sites where nuclear materials research and production or energy research activities were conducted.

Nuclear Age Timeline, September 1993 (Historical)
The timeline traces the nuclear age from the discovery of x-rays and radioactivity to the explosion of the first atomic bomb through the cold war to its thaw to the cleanup of the nuclear weapons complex through September 1993.


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