The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Restoration and Waste Management (EM) is responsible for remediating its contaminated sites and managing its waste inventory in a safe and efficient manner. EM's Office of Technology Development (OTD) supports applied research and demonstration efforts to develop and transfer innovative, cost-effective technologies to its site clean-up and waste management programs within EM's Office of Environmental Restoration and Office of Waste Management. The purpose of the Technology Catalogue is to provide performance data on OTD-developed technologies to scientists and engineers assessing and recommending technical solutions within the Department's clean-up and waste management programs, as well as to industry, other federal and state agencies, and the academic community.
OTD's applied research and demonstration activities are conducted in programs referred to as Integrated Demonstrations (IDs) and Integrated Programs (IPs). The IDs test and evaluate systems, consisting of coupled technologies, at specific sites to address generic problems, such as the sensing, treatment, and disposal of buried waste containers. The IPs support applied research activities in specific applications areas, such as in situ remediation, efficient separations processes, and site characterization. OTD works with industries, universities, and other federal agencies, in conjunction with the federal laboratories, to access and advance the best available technologies. Many of the technologies have been successfully demonstrated in the field and now are sufficiently mature to be transferred. The Technology Catalogue is a means for communicating the status of the development of these innovative technologies.
The FY93 Technology Catalogue features technologies successfully demonstrated in the field through IDs and sufficiently mature to be used in the near-term. Technologies from the following IDs are featured in the FY93 Technology Catalogue:
Forty-three technologies are featured in the FY93 Technology Catalogue. Of the 43 technologies, 22 are characterization/monitoring technologies and 21 are remediation technologies. Technology entries are three to four pages long and include the following topical areas:
The information in each category above introduces the technology to the reader and provides an annual ``snapshot'' of its status with respect to performance and availability. More detailed information can be obtained from the sources cited in each profile.
HOW TO USE THE DOCUMENT
The Technology Catalogue attempts to match applications with specific technologies in addition to providing profiles on each technology. Section 2 describes the development process utilized to select and prepare technology profiles. Section 3 contains waste applicability tables developed to aid the user in matching applications with each technology. These tables include: Table A which addresses Site Characterization and Monitoring Technologies; Table B which addresses Site Remediation Technologies; and Table C which in the future will contain Waste Management Technologies. Section 4 contains Site Characterization and Monitoring Technologies and Section 5 contains Site Remediation Technologies. Waste Management Technologies will be added in FY94.
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As illustrated in figure A, future editions of the Technology Catalogue will include updated information, additional technologies being developed under IDs (such as waste management technologies) and information from a broader range of OTD programs. For example, technologies being developed under OTD's Integrated Programs (IPs) may be incorporated. Additional examples include technologies developed under Research Opportunity Announcements (ROAs) and Program Research and Development Announcements (PRDAs).
Also, the Technology Catalogue currently serves as a source of information for DOE's EnviroTRADE Information System. Future plans include applying the Technology Catalogue to the DOE International Technology Exchange Program to enhance the competitiveness of U.S. businesses. In addition, discussions are continuing with the U.S. Department of Defense and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to provide information on DOE's emerging technologies for federal environmental databases and other commercially available databases.
