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7. EMSP Research Portfolio: Technological Risk and Desired Attributes
Pages 77-82

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... A technological risk in HEW management is the risk that existing technologies will fail to accomplish goals and performance requirements set by environmental remediation policies or regulations. Neglecting to consider technological risk may lead to decreased public safety, underperformance, process failure, overruns in cost and schedule, and loss of credibility followed by a negative public perception.
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From page 78...
... Consequently, it is important that the sites and DOE-EM collaborate to build research roadmaps identifying technological risk and including contingency approaches.2 A fundamental part of technological risk management consists of evaluating the progress of the research and nurturing those studies yielding promising results. To this end, the committee recognizes that renewals of EMSP proposals must undergo the The DOE is expected to select the preferred cesium separation process during the summer of 2001.
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... Because of its mission, the EMSP should support research on the basic science underlying processes and phenomena relevant to HEW management in concert with other EM programs. EMSP basic research projects can then spark the applied research and development that will be needed for imple3in the year 2000, only 42 EMSP projects, out of the 202 coming to conclusion, have been renewed (Gilbertson, 2001 )
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From page 80...
... The EMSP should promote underlying science and technology that will support contingency approaches to address unanticipated difficulties encountered in baseline processes. Some fraction of EMSP projects should support exploratory and innovative research, involving non-conventional technologies, possibly leveraged from other disciplines.
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From page 81...
... , cold crucible melter testing and pipeline unplugging (France and Russia) , fluidic samplers, LLW grout formulations, saltcake dissolution and solid formation mechanisms in tanks, and residual waste sampling (United Kingdom)
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... . man Storing issues.
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  • process effectiveness
  • commercial spent
  • providing contingency
  • management programs
  • separation techniques

  • radionuclide separation
  • current hlw
  • previous nrc
  • proposed emsp
  • portfolio acquire

  • emsp projects
  • overall motivations
  • techniques removing
  • emsp investigators
  • emsp proposals

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  • international experience
  • melter testing
  • alternative radionuclide
  • immediate support


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