Task 8 - management and reporting. Semi-annual report April 1--September 30, 1996

The task of restoring nuclear defense complex sites under the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Environmental Management (EM) program presents an unprecedented challenge to the environmental restoration community. Effective and efficient cleanup requires the timely development or modification of novel cleanup technologies applicable to radioactive wastes. Fostering the commercialization of these innovative technologies is the mission of EM-50, the EM Program Office of Science and Technology. DOE`s Morgantown Energy Technology Center (METC) pursues activities integral to the EM-50 mission through its Cooperative Agreement with the EM Office of Science and Technology. The advancement of innovative technologies is often arrested at the {open_quotes}valley of death,{close_quotes} the general term for barriers to demonstration and commercialization. Alternatively, commercialization and deployment are impacted by a lack of clear choices among competing technologies. The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC), a not-for-profit, contract-supported organization focused on research, development, demonstration, and commercialization (RDD&C) of energy and environmental technologies, is in the second year of a Cooperative Agreement with METC designed (1) to deliver EM technologies into the commercial marketplace through a unique combination of technical support, real-world demonstrations, and brokering; (2) to facilitate decisions regarding deployment and support for commercialization by providing comparative performance data through systems analysis; and (3) to support the integration and deployment of {open_quotes}winner{close_quotes} technologies at EM sites. These activities, along with program management, make up the four program areas of the METC-EERC EM Cooperative Agreement (EMCA): Technology Commercialization, Systems Engineering, Technology Integration, and Management and Reporting