Improving the Environment : An Evaluation of the DOE's Environmental Management Program

This book addresses remedial action and waste management problems that the DOE and the nation are now facing that are the result of 50 years of nuclear weapons development and testing?problems that require a reengineering of systems and a reexamination of the scientific, engineering, and institutional barriers to achieving cost-effective and safe stewardship of the nation's resources.

Improving the Environment evaluates the DOE's environmental management program in four areas: regulatory measures, organization and management, priority-setting, timing and staging, and science and technology. Table of ContentsFront MatterPart 1: Synthesis ReportPart 2: Evaluation of Regulatory MeasuresPart 3: Priority-setting, Timing, and StagingPart 4: Utilization of Science, Engineering, and TechnologyPart 5: Integration of Science, Engineering, and Health in ProgramImplementationReferencesAppendix A: Charge to the CommitteeAppendix B: Workshop AgendasAppendix C: Biographical Information on Committee MembersAppendix D: Biographical Information on Workshop Speakers andParticipants