To summarize this issue, we believe that DOE's decision to drop the large ALWRS from further consideration for tritium production is not supported by the facts. DOE now proposes to commit over 85% of its tritium budget to research on an unproven accelerator design that, by estimates from DOE's own consultant, will likely cost the federal government on the order of $12 billion more than the large ALWR (we think that the cost gap is even larger). Furthermore, if DOE would include our proposed concept for a new privatized multipurpose reactor, DOE would then have a more cost-effective, reliable alternative to the existing reactor option. DOE would still have the flexibility of purchasing irradiation services be it from an existing reactor or a new one, on a government site. Additional Material for the Record Improving the An Evaluation of DOE's Environmental Committee to Evaluate the Science, Engineering, and NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS 2101 Constitution Ave., N.W. • Washington, D.C. 20418 NOTICE: This volume was produced as part of a project approved by the Governing Board of the National Research The National Academy of Sciences (NAS) is a private, nonprofit, self-perpetuating society of distinguished scholars The National Academy of Engineering (NAE) was established in 1964, under the charter of the NAS, as a parallel The Institute of Medicine (IOM) was established in 1970 by the NAS to secure the services of eminent members The National Research Council (NRC) was organized by the NAS in 1916 to associate the broad community of This project was supported by the U.S. Department of Energy. Library of Congress Catalog Card Number 95-73219 International Standard Book Number 0-309-05440 Internet Access: This report is available on the National Academy of Sciences' Internet host. It may be accessed via Available from: National Academy Press, 2101 Constitution Avenue, N.W., Box 285, Washington, D.C. 20055 Copyright 1995 by the National Academy of Sciences. All rights reserved. This document may be reproduced Committee to Evaluate the Science, Engineering, and Synthesis Subcommittee JOHN F. AHEARNE, Lecturer in Public Policy, Duke University DON CLAY, President, Don Clay Associates, Inc. DOUGLAS M. COSTLE, Chairman and Distinguished Fellow, Institute for Sustainable Communities JAMES R. CURTISS, Attorney, Winston & Strawn FRANK L. PARKER, Distinguished Professor of Environmental and Water Resources Engineering, Vanderbilt University VICTORIA J. TSCHINKEL, Senior Consultant on Environmental Issues, Landers & Parsons JOHN T. WHETTEN, Senior Applications Consultant, Motorola Staff Paul Gilman, Project Director Deborah Stine, Project Coordinator Patrick Sevcik, Project Assistant Subcommittee on the Evaluation of Regulatory Measures DON CLAY (Chair), President, Don Clay Associates, Inc. ANDREW P. CAPUTO, Attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council JAMES R. CURTISS, Attorney, Winston & Strawn MARSHALL E. DRUMMOND, President, Eastern Washington University DANIEL S. MILLER, First Assistant Attorney General, Colorado Department of Law BERNARD J. REILLY, Corporate Council, DuPont Legal MARY RIVELAND, Director, Washington State Department of Ecology Staff Ray Wassel, Senior Program Officer Ruth Danoff, Project Assistant Subcommittee on Priority-Setting, Timing, and Staging EDWIN H. CLARK II (Chair), President, Clean Sites, Inc. HUGH J. CAMPBELL, JR., Environmental Manager, DuPont MARY R. ENGLISH, Associate Director, Energy, Environment, and Resources Center, University of Tennessee DONALD R. GIBSON, Department Manager, Systems Analysis, TRW Environmental Safety Systems ROBERT E. HAZEN, Chief, Bureau of Risk Assessment, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection THOMAS LESCHINE, Associate Professor, School of Marine Affairs, University of Washington ROBERT H. NEILL, Director, Environmental Evaluation Group, New Mexico LYNNE M. PRESLO, Senior Vice President, Technical Programs, Earth Tech ANNE E. SMITH, Principal and Vice President, Decision Focus, Inc. MERVYN L. TANO, General Counsel, Council of Energy Resource Tribes Staff Robert Andrews, Senior Program Officer Patricia Jones, Project Assistant Subcommittee on Utilization of Science, Engineering, and Technology FRANK L. PARKER (Chair), Distinguished Professor of Environmental Applications Center, University of Pittsburgh Applied Research Center HAROLD K. FORSEN, Senior Vice President (retired), Bechtel Hanford, Inc. WALTER W. KOVALICK, Director, Technology Innovation Office, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency MICHAEL L. MASTRACCI, Director, Innovative Technology Programs, TECHMATICS, Inc. PHILIP A. PALMER, Senior Environmental Fellow, DuPont Specialty Chemicals, E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company REBECCA T. PARKIN, Director of Scientific, Professional, and Section ALFRED SCHNEIDER, Professor of Nuclear Engineering (retired), |