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Peer review in environmental technology development programs : the Department of Energy's Office of Science and Technology / Committee on the Department of Energy-Office of Science and Technology's Peer Review Program [and] Board on Radioactive Waste Management [and] Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Compass series (Washington, D.C.)
- The compass series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Radioactive waste sites--Cleanup--Technological innovations--Research--United States--Evaluation.
- Radioactive waste sites.
- Peer review--United States.
- Peer review.
- United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science and Technology--Research--Evaluation.
- United States.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (126 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1998.
- Language Note:
- English
- Contents:
- Peer Review in Environmental Technology Development Programs
- Copyright
- Preface
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- DEFINITION OF PEER REVIEW
- BENEFITS OF PEER REVIEW
- Improving Technical Quality
- Improving the Credibility of the Decision-Making Process
- PEER REVIEW PROCESS
- USES OF PEER REVIEW
- ASSESSMENT OF OST'S PEER REVIEW PROGRAM
- Linkage of Peer Reviews to Management Decisions
- Selection of Projects for Review
- Review Criteria
- Selection of Reviewers
- Documentation for Peer Reviews
- Openness of Peer Reviews
- REDUCING THE "BACKLOG
- EVALUATION AND IMPROVEMENT MECHANISMS
- POTENTIAL APPLICATIONS OF PEER REVIEW WITHIN OST
- OST'S "ORGANIZATIONAL" CULTURE AND LEADERSHIP
- 1 Introduction
- OST'S PEER REVIEW PROGRAM
- CHARGE TO THE COMMITTEE
- PARALLEL EFFORTS
- STUDY PROCESS
- REPORTS
- 2 Elements of a Credible Peer Review Program
- Selection of Projects to be Reviewed
- Definition of Review Objectives and Selection of Review Criteria
- Qualifications
- Conflict of Interest
- Planning and Conducting the Review
- Confidentiality of Technical Information
- Anonymous Versus "Open" Peer Reviews
- Use of Peer Review Results in Decision Making
- 3 Uses of Peer Review
- PROPOSAL EVALUATIONS
- PROJECT MATURITY EVALUATIONS
- Entrance into the Applied Research Stage
- Entrance into Engineering Development
- Entrance into the Demonstration Stage
- Predeployment Reviews
- PROGRAM BALANCE EVALUATIONS
- NEEDS DETERMINATIONS
- 4 OST's Peer Review Program
- TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT DECISION MODEL
- ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Peer Review Coordinator
- Headquarters Peer Review Program Manager.
- FA/CC Program Managers
- Principal Investigators
- American Society of Mechanical Engineers
- ASME Peer Review Committee and its Executive Panel
- Peer Review Panels
- Institute for Regulatory Science
- SELECTION OF TECHNOLOGIES TO BE REVIEWED
- DOCUMENTATION REQUIRED FOR REVIEW
- TYPES OF REVIEWS
- SELECTION OF REVIEWERS
- Selection Criteria
- Panel Formation
- REVIEW CRITERIA
- REVIEW SESSION
- REVIEW REPORTS
- FEEDBACK OF PEER REVIEW RESULTS INTO PROGRAM MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT DECISIONS
- 5 Analysis of OST's Peer Review Program
- Selection of Projects for Peer Review
- Prioritizing Projects for Review
- Timing of Reviews
- Grouping Projects in a Single Review
- Definition of Peer Review Objectives and Selection of Review Criteria
- Peer Review Objectives
- Peer Review Criteria
- Selection of Peer Reviewers
- Planning and Conducting the Peer Review
- Documentation
- Anonymous Versus ''Open'' Peer Reviews
- Usefulness of Peer Review Results
- Peer Review Reports
- Feedback Procedures
- 6 "Triage" Approach for Reducing Project Backlogs
- 7 Improving the Effectiveness of OST's Peer Review Program
- LINKAGE OF PEER REVIEWS TO MANAGEMENT DECISIONS
- Benchmarking
- Metrics
- POTENTIAL APPLICATION OF PEER REVIEW WITHIN OST
- References
- Appendix A Description of OST's Technology Investment Decision Model1
- Stage 1: Basic Research
- Gate 1: Entrance into Applied Research Stage
- Stage 2: Applied Research
- Gate 2: Entrance into Exploratory Development Stage.
- Stage 3: Exploratory Development
- Gate 3: Entrance into Advanced Development Stage
- Stage 4: Advanced Development
- Gate 4: Entrance into Engineering Development Stage
- Stage 5: Engineering Development
- Gate 5: Entrance into Demonstration Stage
- Stage 6: Demonstration
- Gate 6: Entrance into Implementation Stage
- Stage 7: Implementation
- Appendix B Description of OST's Review Program1
- Department-Level Reviews
- Program-Level Reviews
- Project-Level Reviews
- Appendix C Biographical Sketches
- Appendix D Acronyms.
- Notes:
- Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 94-96).
- ISBN:
- 9786610186167
- 9781280186165
- 128018616X
- 9780309592673
- 0309592674
- 9780585154008
- 0585154007
- OCLC:
- 43477221
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