Year
1994
Abstract
Reconfiguring DOE sites, facilities, and laboratories to meet expected and evolving missions involves a number of disciplines and approaches formerly the preserve of private industry and defense contractors. This paper considers the process of identifying common tools for the various disciplines that can be exercised, assessed, and applied by team members to arrive at integrated solutions. The basic tools include: sytems, hardware, software, and procedures that can characterize a site/facility's environment to meet organizational goals, safeguards and security, ES&H, and waste requirements. Other tools such as computer-driven inventory and auditing programs can provide traceability of materials and product as they are processed and required added protection and control. This paper will also discuss the use of integrated teams in a number of high technology enterprises that could be adopted by DOE in high profile programs from environmental remediation to weapons dismantling and arms control.