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Risk Communication Within the EM Program.

DE2004826318

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Edelson, M.
Page Count	18
Abstract	The U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management program (EM) conducts the most extensive environmental remediation effort in the world. The annual EM budgets have exceeded $6,000,000,000 for approximately ten years and EM has assumed responsibility for the cleanup of the largest DOE reservations (i.e., at Hanford, Washington, Aiken, South Carolina, and Idaho Falls, Idaho) as well as the facilities at Rocky Flats, Colorado and in Ohio. Each of these sites has areas of extensive radioactive and chemical contamination, numerous surplus facilities that require decontamination and removal, while some have special nuclear material that requires secure storage. The EM program has been criticized for being ineffective (1) and has been repeatedly reorganized to address perceived shortcomings. The most recent reorganization was announced in 2001 to become effective at the beginning of the 2003 Federal Fiscal Year (i.e., October 2002). It was preceded by a 'top to bottom' review (TTBR) of the program (2) that identified several deficiencies that were to be corrected as a result of the reorganization.
Keywords	Communications management Risk assessment Hazardous materials Environmental management US DOE Contamination Decontamination Nuclear materials Organizing Removal Cleaning Schedules Storage facilities Radioactive waste management Remedial action
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	ASME Environmental Communications Committee, Ames, IA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200511

Risk Communication Within the EM Program.

Risk Communication Within the EM Program.
DE2004826318

Publication Date	2003
Personal Author	Edelson, M.
Page Count	18
Abstract	The U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management program (EM) conducts the most extensive environmental remediation effort in the world. The annual EM budgets have exceeded $6,000,000,000 for approximately ten years and EM has assumed responsibility for the cleanup of the largest DOE reservations (i.e., at Hanford, Washington, Aiken, South Carolina, and Idaho Falls, Idaho) as well as the facilities at Rocky Flats, Colorado and in Ohio. Each of these sites has areas of extensive radioactive and chemical contamination, numerous surplus facilities that require decontamination and removal, while some have special nuclear material that requires secure storage. The EM program has been criticized for being ineffective (1) and has been repeatedly reorganized to address perceived shortcomings. The most recent reorganization was announced in 2001 to become effective at the beginning of the 2003 Federal Fiscal Year (i.e., October 2002). It was preceded by a 'top to bottom' review (TTBR) of the program (2) that identified several deficiencies that were to be corrected as a result of the reorganization.
Keywords	Communications management Risk assessment Hazardous materials Environmental management US DOE Contamination Decontamination Nuclear materials Organizing Removal Cleaning Schedules Storage facilities Radioactive waste management Remedial action
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	ASME Environmental Communications Committee, Ames, IA.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Supplemental Notes	Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200511