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Put Dicipline into Decision Making
Put Dicipline into Decision Making
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FRAMING DECISIONS The six reports emphasize two broad issues related to framing decisions about technology development: defining goals and considering alternatives. The reports provide three main examples of how OST's technology development 20 The Subsurface Contaminants Committee pointed out that DOE is not alone in its limited application of innovative technologies.
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make frequent reference to the concept of "end states." As used in the Tanks report, "an end state can be expressed as the desired composition, configuration, performance, and location of a particular waste product at the completion of remediation activities, frequently wastes emplaced in a disposal facility. If the phased-decision approach previously recommended by the National Research Council (1996bJ were to be used, the end state my be that associated with the end state of one of the phases" (Tanks report, p.
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98~. Instead, the committee recommended Cat Me MWFA emphasize engineering design, integration, and scale-up of its proposed treatment processes and Weir demonstration and deployment at the DOE sites (Mixed Waste report, p.
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Flowsheets The Decision Making Committee discussed the use of baseline functional flowsheets (i.e., the sequence of steps that comprise the waste treatment process from the initial waste configuration to the final state) as fundamentally important to determining technology needs.25 The committee found that one major problem with the system has been that OST has had no direct role in establishing such flowsheets, which have been developed at the sites by the site remediation problem owners (Decision Making report, p.
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The committee recommended that OST encourage this course of action and seek to collaborate in it. In particular, the committee recommended that OST identify specific technology development opportunities aimed at supporting alternative functional flowsheets and processes designed to enhance the overall probability of remediation successes and to minimize program delays (Decision Making report, p.
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· OST should be allowed to commit a portion of its resources to developing technologies to address needs derived from alternative functional flowsheets, in addition to developing technologies to meet the needs derived from the baseline flowsheets (Decision Making report, p.
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periodic technology summary reports were not sufficiently detailed to evaluate potential technology performance and effectiveness relative to other technologies, and recommended Hat such reports include well-documented 27 OST recently pilot tested a new system (its Work Package Ranking System) to create an integrated priority list of "work packages" (i.e., a group of related projects)
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, it appears that OST has made significant improvements In this program. Despite these improvements in the procedures used to conduct peer review, however, the Peer Review Committee identified several important issues Cat remain to be addressed: peer reviews are not being incorporated adequately into decision making (Peer Review report, p.
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84. The Subsurface Contaminants Committee recommended that the SCFA significantly increase the use of peer review for determining technology needs and for evaluating projects proposed for funding (Subsurface report, p.
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77~. Input from Sites and Users The necessity of incorporating input from sites and users in OST's decision-making process also has been a prominent theme in recent board reports (Decision Making, D&D, Mixed Waste, Subsurface reports)
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3~. Similarly, the Mixed Waste Committee recommended that OST continue to address technology deficiencies identified by the STCGs (Mixed Waste report, p.
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361. The committee encouraged OST to continue to promote openness of its peer reviews and to fully inform members of Me public and others attending Be reviews of Heir nature (Peer Review report, p.
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3-4~. Based on its review of private sector decision-making practices, the committee recommended that OST adopt relevant principles of private sector decision making, including the need to agree on clear and measurable goals and to measure and evaluate results as a guide to resource allocation (Decision Making report, p.
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841. Although the technology development projects should be based primarily on specific site needs, some should be of an exploratory research nature (Decision Making report, p.
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