Open AccessReengineering of waste management at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Volume 1
Author(s) -
T.E. Myrick
Publication year - 1997
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
DOI - 10.2172/631158
Subject(s) - oak ridge national laboratory , benchmarking , business process reengineering , certification , savannah river site , waste management , hazardous waste , environmental restoration , engineering , operations management , radioactive waste , business , marketing , physics , oil refinery , nuclear physics , political science , law
A reengineering evaluation of the waste management program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) was conducted during the months of February through July 1997. The goal of the reengineering was to identify ways in which the waste management process could be streamlined and improved to reduce costs while maintaining full compliance and customer satisfaction. A Core Team conducted preliminary evaluations and determined that eight particular aspects of the ORNL waste management program warranted focused investigations during the reengineering. The eight areas included Pollution Prevention, Waste Characterization, Waste Certification/Verification, Hazardous/Mixed Waste Stream, Generator/WM Teaming, Reporting/Records, Disposal End Points, and On-Site Treatment/Storage. The Core Team commissioned and assembled Process Teams to conduct in-depth evaluations of each of these eight areas. The Core Team then evaluated the Process Team results and consolidated the 80 process-specific recommendations into 15 overall recommendations. Benchmarking of a commercial nuclear facility, a commercial research facility, and a DOE research facility was conducted to both validate the efficacy of these findings and seek additional ideas for improvement. The outcome of this evaluation is represented by the 15 final recommendations that are described in this report