Peer review in the Department of Energy, Office of Science and Technology : interim report / Committee on the Department of Energy-Office of Science and Tecnology's Peer Review Program, Board on Radioactive Waste Management, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on the Department of Energy-Office of Science and Technology's Peer Review Program.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

United States. Department of Energy. Office of Science and Technology.

United States.

Radioactive waste sites--Cleanup--Technological innovations--United States--Evaluation.

Radioactive waste sites.

Peer review of research grant proposals--United States.

Peer review of research grant proposals.

Nuclear facilities--Decommissioning--United States.

Nuclear facilities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (67 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C : National Academy Press, 1997.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Office of Science and Technology (OST) of the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE's) Office of Environmental Management (EM) recently has instituted a peer review program that uses the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), with administrative and technical support provided by the Institute for Regulatory Science (RSI), to conduct peer reviews of technologies (or groups of technologies) at various stages of development. OST asked the NRC to convene an expert committee to evaluate the effectiveness of its new peer review program and to make specific recommendations to improve the program, if appropriate. This is the first of two reports to be prepared by this committee on OST's new peer review program. OST requested this interim report to provide a preliminary assessment of OST's new peer review program. In the final report, the committee will provide a more detailed assessment of OST's peer review program after its first complete annual cycle.

Contents:

Peer Review in the Department of Energy-Office of Science and Technology

Copyright

Preface

Contents

Executive Summary

USE OF THE TERM "PEER REVIEW

PLANNING OF REVIEWS

SELECTION OF PROJECTS FOR REVIEW

SELECTION OF REVIEW CRITERIA AND OBJECTIVES

SELECTION OF REVIEWERS

PEER REVIEW RESULTS

IMPLEMENTATION OF PEER REVIEW PROGRAM

Introduction

Definition of Peer Review

Benefits of Peer Review

Peer Review Process

SELECTION OF PROJECTS FOR PEER 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

USEFULNESS OF PEER REVIEW RESULTS

Peer Review Reports

Feedback Procedures

Metrics to Evaluate Program Success

Implementation of the Peer Review Program

OST'S "CORPORATE" CULTURE

ROLE OF LEADERSHIP

References

Appendixes

Appendix A Description of OST's Peer Review Program

Roles and Responsibilities

FA/CC Program Managers

Principal Investigators

Peer Review Coordinator

ASME Peer Review Committee and Its Executive Panel

Peer Review Panels

American Society of Mechanical Engineers

Institute for Regulatory Science

Selection of Technologies to Be Reviewed

Types of Reviews

Selection of Reviewers

Conflict of Interest

Review Reports

Feedback of Peer Review Results into Program Management and Development Decisions

Appendix B Description of OST's Technology Investment Decision Model

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 C Description of OST's Review Program

Department-Level Reviews

Program-Level Reviews

Project-Level Reviews

Appendix D Biographical Sketches

Appendix E.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-309-17445-7

1-280-18701-8

9786610187010

0-309-59136-8

0-585-14239-4

OCLC:

44963674