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This book provides the National Academy of Sciences' 1995 review of the technology development program for the remediation of the Department of Energy's weapons complex facilities. It makes scientific, technical, and programmatic recommendations to strengthen technology development within DOE and ensure that it meet its goals of cost effectiveness, safety, and decreased risk. The recommendations address DOE's five focus areas: landfill stabilization; contaminant plume containment and remediation; facility transitioning, decommissioning, and final disposition; mixed waste characterization treatment; and high-level waste in tanks. The book also addresses technologies in areas that cross cut the above focus area programs, namely characterization monitoring and sensor technologies, efficient separations and processing, robotics, and waste disposal. Table of Contents FRONT MATTER EXECUTIVE SUMMARY CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 2: IMPROVING THE DEVELOPMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES CHAPTER 3: TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT IN DOE: FOCUS AREAS AND CROSS-CUTTING AREAS REFERENCES APPENDIX A: SUBCOMMITTEE REPORTS SUBCOMMITTEE ON CONTAMINANT PLUMES SUBCOMMITTEE ON LANDFILLS SUBCOMMITTEE ON HIGH-LEVEL WASTE SUBCOMMITTEE ON MIXED WASTES SUBCOMMITTEE ON DECONTAMINATION AND DECOMMISSIONING CROSS-CUTTING AREAS AND TECHNOLOGIES OF IMPORTANCE APPENDIX B: STATEMENTS OF TASK APPENDIX C: BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHESOF COMMITTEE AND SUBCOMMITTEE MEMBERS APPENDIX D: ACRONYMS

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