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CHAPTER 3: TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN DOE: FOCUS AREAS AND CROSS-CUTTING AREAS
Pages 17-21

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... Recommendations: Plumes Focus Area 1. The Plumes Focus Area should identify the major net and cost drivers associated win remediation of DOE cont~ninant plumes and develop an integrated systems approach to drive technology development that meets the EM strategic goals of risk reduction, cost efficiency, environmental restoration, and regulatory compliance.
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From page 18...
... The subcommittee acknowledges the focus area Is efforts to date in these areas and offers three preliminary suggestions to improve and help implement the problemsolv~ng onentation: a) A ranldnglcategonzation for landfill-related problems based on relative net would be useful to drive technology development in DOE.
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From page 19...
... Gates represent the successive stages of technology development in EM-50's "technology maturation model" used to track the project they find. For instance, the lowerlevel gates (1-3)
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From page 20...
... Application of available and near-mature technologies may still leave some waste-treatment problems unsolved and, for the latter, new approaches may be required. Development of new treatment technologies should focus on adequacy and cost effectiveness of existing technologies for niixed-waste treatment, rather than on new, potentially applicable treatment technologies for mixed-waste steams.
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From page 21...
... This effort should include a balanced program of basic and applied research, exploratory and advanced development, engineering design, demonstration, and implementation. This strategic plan should also be flexible, including provisions for future periodic revisions as new data and experiences are gained.
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