Open AccessA systematic look at Tank Waste Remediation System privatization
Author(s) -
John H. Holbrook,
Duffy,
D.L. Vieth,
C.L. Sohn
Publication year - 1996
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/244554
Subject(s) - dispose pattern , radioactive waste , waste management , hanford site , environmental remediation , hazardous waste , remedial action , environmental restoration , business , engineering , environmental science , contamination , ecology , biology
The mission of the Tank Waste Remediation System (TWRS) Program is to store, treat, immobilize, and dispose, or prepare for disposal, the Hanford radioactive tank waste in an environmentally sound, safe, and cost effective manner. Highly radioactive Hanford waste includes current and future tank waste plus the cesium and strontium capsules. In the TWRS program, as in other Department of Energy (DOE) clean-up activities, there is an increasing gap between the estimated funding required to enable DOE to meet all of its clean-up commitments and level of funding that is perceived to be available. Privatization is one contracting/management approach being explored by DOE as a means to achieve cost reductions and as a means to achieve a more outcome-oriented program. Privatization introduces the element of competition, a proven means of establishing true cost as well as achieving significant cost reduction