Associated Organizations

OST | NETL | Rbx | ESP | FIU | DIAL | EMSP | DOE-EM

• Office of Science and Technology (OST)
  The Office of Science and Technology (OST) is an organizational component of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management (EM). OST manages a national program to conduct basic and applied research, and technology development, demonstration, and deployment assistance that is essential to completing a timely and cost-effective cleanup and enabling long-term stewardship of the DOE nuclear weapons complex. It provides environmental research results, as well as cleanup technologies and systems, to meet EM program high-priority science and technology needs and reduce technological risks and the cost of EM's major cost centers.

• National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL)
  The National Energy Technology Laboratory is federally owned and operated. The NETL mission is "We Solve National Energy and Environmental Problems." NETL performs, procures, and partners in technical research, development, and demonstration to advance technology into the commercial marketplace, thereby benefiting the environment, contributing to U.S. employment, and advancing the position of U.S. industries in the global market.
  (To view an index of NETL projects associated with the CMST-CP, visit the CMST Partners page.)
  

• Robotics Crosscutting Program (Rbx)
  The Rbx is a crosscutting technology development activity within the DOE EM Office of Science and Technology (OST). The Rbx addresses research, development, demonstration, testing, and evaluation of innovative robotics and remote systems technologies, which will beneficially impact the DOE weapons complex environmental cleanup.
  
  
• Efficient Separations and Processing Crosscutting Program (ESP)
  The ESP is a crosscutting program within the DOE EM Office of Science and Technology. The ESP was established by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) in 1991 to promote separations technologies that process, concentrate, and immobilize a wide spectrum of radioactive and/or hazardous defense wastes, including high-level wastes (HLW), low-level wastes (LLW), transuranic wastes (TRU), hazardous wastes, and mixed wastes (radioactive and hazardous).
  
  

• Florida International University (FIU) Hemispheric Center for Environmental Technology (HCET)
  The Hemispheric Center for Environmental Technology is an internationally renowned applied science and engineering research and development (R&D) organization. HCET was established in 1995 by Florida International University and the Office of Science and Technology of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to research, develop, and demonstrate innovative environmental technologies. The Center is administered in part by the DOE's National Energy Technology Laboratory and works in tandem with DOE to advance the deployment of safe, cost-effective environmental technologies.

• Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory (DIAL)
  The Diagnostic Instrumentation and Analysis Laboratory at Mississippi State University has been providing services to the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Sciences and Technology in support of their environmental development program since 1993. These services include development of continuous emission monitors, process monitors, and optimization of processes and equipment for the Mixed Waste Clean-Up Program. DIAL has operated a combustion test facility since the mid 1970s and has operated a plasma torch facility since the mid 1980s. These facilities have been used for testing high temperature materials, simulation of the off-gas streams from several thermal processes, testing of air pollution control devices, vitrification of surrogate waste streams, support of diagnostic instrument development, and to provide data for modeling process flows.

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• Environmental Management Science Program (EMSP)
  EMSP research projects provide the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Environmental Management (EM) with basic research addressing fundamental issues that may be critical to advancing technologies under development but not yet implemented. This basic research will contribute to environmental management activities that will decrease risk for the public and workers, provide major cost reduction opportunities, reduce the time required to achieve EM's mission and goals, and in general, should address problems considered intractable without new knowledge.

• Office of Environmental Management

  • Office of Site Closure (EM-30)
    The mission of the Office of Site Closure is to achieve closure of sites in a manner which is safe, cost-effective, and coordinated with stakeholders. The goal of the Office is to remove obstacles which increase costs and prevent schedule acceleration. The Office provides, through a site team approach, site guidance and direction, resource allocation, site analysis, site advocacy both internal and external to the Department, policy evaluation, priority determination, program performance measures and performance monitoring at the Ohio Sites, the Oak Ridge Sites, the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site, and clean-up sites under the purview of the Albuquerque, Chicago, Nevada, and Oakland Operations Offices. The Office works closely with the Office of Integration and Disposition to ensure that complex-wide issues, lessons learned, and initiatives are reflected in site strategies and plans.

  • Office of Project Completion (EM-40)
    The Office of Project Completion, through its Office and team structure, provides programmatic guidance and direction, resource allocation, program analysis, program advocacy (both internal and external to the Department), policy evaluation, priority determination, and performance monitoring of activities at the Idaho and Savannah River Sites, and for the Office of River Protection and Richland Operations Office both located at the Hanford Site. The programmatic mission encompasses reduction of high or moderate risk conditions associated with nuclear operations; protection of workers, the public and the environment from radiological and non-radiological hazards; safe management of spent nuclear fuel, and surplus hazardous and nuclear materials; treatment, storage, transportation, and disposal of radioactive, hazardous, and sanitary wastes; deactivation of facilities to attain lowest surveillance and maintenance costs; remediation of contaminated land; disposition of facilities to alternate future use or final decontamination and decommissioning; and operational oversight for the infrastructure facilities and programs (landlord) as needed to support business line missions. The Office serves as a facilitator, ombudsman and/or coordinator by providing leadership on crosscutting issues and topics raised by the field and/or EM Headquarters.