Cleanup Technology: DOE's Program to Develop New Technologies for Environmental Cleanup
T-RCED-97-161
Published: May 07, 1997. Publicly Released: May 07, 1997.
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GAO discussed the Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Environmental Management's (EM) technology development program, focusing on: (1) EM's progress in resolving management problems identified in reports GAO has issued since 1992; (2) barriers to the use of innovative technologies; (3) the Technology Deployment Initiative that EM has proposed to address these barriers; (4) the program's methods for computing cost savings from the use of innovative technologies; and (5) future challenges facing the technology development program.
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Cost controlCost effectiveness analysisEnvironmental policiesHazardous substancesPrivatizationResearch and developmentResearch program managementTechnology transferWaste disposalEnvironmental cleanups