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that have been released since December 1998 (see Box 1 in Chapter 1~. These committees examined different components of OST's technology development program, including its decision-making and peer review processes and its efforts to develop technologies in the areas of decontamination and decommissioning, waste forms3 for mixed waste, tank waste, and subsurface contamination.
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The board's overall conclusion is that OST has made some progress since the BROOM's most recent overall assessment of its technology development program (NRC, 1996~. However, the board believes that additional efforts are needed.
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, the board did not conduct a detailed evaluation of these documents or their possible impacts. 6 The Decision Making Committee recommended that "A centralized RD&D function within DOE-EM should be maintained because of its potential advantage in coordinating potentially duplicative technology development efforts needed at DOE-EM sites and because it is in a better position to address important broader issues (e.g., alternative technologies in the baseline functional flowsheets and alternative functional flowsheets)
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to identify the technology needs and research and development required to achieve specific remediation goals. As part of this approach, DOE management and legislative decision makers should allow for consideration of a wider range of alternative end states that may be needed in the future, and this should be reflected in the DOE remediation and technology development programs.
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There have been no general OST-wide guidelines applied to OST programs for setting criteria for He selection and prioritization of technology development needs, although Individual OST program Gluts have developed their own guidelines. The board recommends that OST (with input from its various organizational elements)
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As long as authority for technology deployment and responsibility for technology development continue to reside in different entities, centralized development of technologies to be deployed throughout the DOE complex will not, in the board's view, be effective. The board recommends that when contracts allow, agreements be developed between the sites and OST that, if certain agreed-on conditions are met, then OST-sponsored technology will be implemented at the sitets)
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SUMMARY forms for disposal of mixed waste in future near-surface disposal facilities. Well-documented decisions and sound technical reviews should be used by OST to earn the confidence of Congress and members of the public.
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