DOE’s Office of Environmental Management conferred 158 certificates in its second year of recognizing federal project managers who’ve been instrumental in the deployment of innovative technologies. In FY00, the certificate winners were responsible for 210 innovative technology deployments throughout the DOE complex. The awards are designed to encourage project managers to use new technologies in solving existing problems and encourage sites to talk among themselves and share their innovative technology ideas.

In FY00, DOE awarded 3 platinum, 11 gold, 64 silver, and 80 bronze certificates. (The Savannah River Site requested that, instead of receiving the 71 individual deployment certificates its managers earned, the site be awarded only five certificates—3 gold, 1 silver, and 1 bronze.) In addition to the individual deployment awards, three awards were presented to DOE operations/field offices to recognize their achievements in encouraging their respective sites to collaborate in exchanging successes involving innovative technologies.
• Greatest Number of Deployments—Savannah River Operations Office (71 deployments)
• Greatest Number of Deployments per $100 M Funding—Chicago Operations Office (16.1    deployments)
• Greatest Percent of Projects with New Deployments—Idaho Operations Office (32.1%)

FY00 certificates were awarded in four categories to encourage increasing levels of technology use:
Bronze – Awarded for the first-time deployment of a technology on a given project.
Silver – Awarded for first baseline use of a technology on a given project.
Gold – Awarded for baseline use of a technology at two or more projects at the same             DOE operations/field office.
Platinum – Awarded for baseline use of a technology at two or more DOE                   operations/field offices (at one or more projects within each office).

And the individual winners are…
Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Soft-Sided Waste   Containers (Tech ID 2240)
  Gail E. Penny		 Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
• ResonantSonic Drilling   
  (Tech ID 55)
  Aran T. Armstrong		 • Stabilized Contaminants    Using Envirocare Polymer    Macroencapsulation
   (Tech ID 30)
   Jeff T. Shadley

Ashtabula Environmental Management
• Nochar PetroBond®
  Tritiated Oil   Solidification
  (Tech ID 2313)		 Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
• Global Positioning   Radiometric Scanner   (Tech ID 2954)

• Surveillance and   Measurement System   (Tech ID 2977)
  Robert M. Shaw
• Light Duty Utility   Arm, used on two   different projects
  (Tech ID 85)

• LDUA Heel Sampling   End Effector, used on   two different projects   (Tech ID 2386)
  Keith A. Lockie 		Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site
• Wide-Energy Neutron    Detectors
   (Tech ID 3081)
   Joseph E. Springer

Ashtabula Environmental
Management Project
• Stabilized   Contaminants Using   Envirocare Polymer   Macroencapsulation   (Tech ID 30)
• Water Solidification   (Tech ID 2312)
• Nochar PetroBond®
  Tritiated Oil   Solidification
  (Tech ID 2313)

Brookhaven National
Laboratory
• BetaScint Fiber-Optic   Sensor for Detecting   Strontium-90 and   Uranium-238 in Soil   (Tech ID 70)
• Diamond Wire   Cutting of the   Brookhaven Graphite   Research Reactor
  (Tech ID 2107)
• In Situ Object   Counting System   (Tech ID 2098)
• Soft-Sided Waste   Containers
  (Tech ID 2240)
• ASTD Project:   Deployment of   Innovative   Characterization   Technologies and   Implementation of the   MARSSIM Process at   Radiologically   Contaminated Sites   (Tech ID 2374)
  Gail E. Penny

Columbus Environmental
Management Project
• An Alternative   Remote-Handled
  TRU  Waste   Transportation   System
  (Tech ID 2975)
• Diamond Rope Saw    for Size Reduction of    Reactor Bioshield    and Fuel Pool
   (Tech ID 3086)
   Thomas A. Baillieul

Fernald Environmental Management Project
• Solution   Mining/Aquifer   Reinjection
  Robert J. Janke

 Hanford Site
• Small Diameter   Geophysical Logging   System
  Owen Robertson
• Remote Viewing   System
  (Tech ID 1988)
• Drain Line   Characterization   Robot (Tech ID 2328)
• Remote Concrete   Coring System
  (Tech ID 2329)
  John P. Sands
• Passive Soil Vapor   Extraction
  (Tech ID 56)
  Kenneth M.   Thompson
• Bagless Transfer
• Pipe and Go   Repackaging   Technique
• Magnesium   Hydroxide   Precipitation
  (Tech ID 3024)
  Larry D. Romine
• Supervisory Control   and Data Acqusition   (Tech ID 3131)
  Steven H. Wisness
• HANSF Analysis   Tool
• Cold Vacuum Drying
  Phillip G. Loscoe
• Stabilizing Low-Level   Category 3 Waste   Using Special   Concrete
  Rudolph F. Guercia

Idaho National Engineering
and Environmental
Laboratory
• Soft-Sided Waste   Containers
  (Tech ID 2240)
• Global Positioning   Radiometric Scanner   (Tech ID 2954)
• Surveillance and   Measurement System   (Tech ID 2977)
  Robert M. Shaw
• Global Positioning   Radiometric Scanner   (Tech ID 2954)
  Glenn E. Nelson
• Portable Isotopic   Neutron   Spectroscopy
• Rapid Geophysical   Surveyor
  (Tech ID 1995)
  Talley W. Jenkins

 • Vertical Profiling
   Time Domain    Reflectometer
• Global Positioning   Radiometric Scanner   (Tech ID 2954)
  Carol A. Hathaway
• Surveillance and   Measurement System   (Tech ID 2977)
  Kevin C. O'Neill
• ResonantSonic   Drilling (Tech ID 55)
• Advanced   Tensiometer—
   Integrated   Geophysical   Characterization
  (Tech ID 2122)
  Aran T. Armstrong
• Improved PM-10 Air   Monitor
  Patty Kroupa
• Lead Paint Analyzer
  (Tech ID 2317)
• XRF Analysis of
  PCBs and Inorganics
  (Tech ID 2398)
• Paint Scaler
  (Tech ID 2952)
• Compact Remote   Operator Console
  (Tech ID 2180)
• Modified BROKK   Demolition Machine   with Remote Console   (Tech ID 2938)
  Andrew W. Mikkola
• Remote Particle Size   Distribution Analyzer,   used on two different   projects
  (Tech ID 2935)
• Light Duty Utility
   Arm, used on two    different  projects
   (Tech ID 85)
• LDUA Heel Sampling   End Effector, used on   two different projects   (Tech ID 2386)
• Remote Laser   Deffraction Particle
  Size Distribution   Analyzer
• Crosscutting Training   Forum
  Daniel B. Shirley
• Nuclear Facilities   Personnel Training
  and Qualification   Electronic   Performance Support   System
  Mary V. Willcox
• Nuclear Facilities   Personnel Training
  and Qualification   Electronic   Performance Support   System
  Ronald O. Ramsey

• Integrated Waste   Tracking System
• Stabilized   Contaminants Using   Envirocare Polymer   Macroencapsulation   (Tech ID 30)
  Jeff T. Shadley
• Transuranic   Reporting, Inventory,   and Processing   System
• Gas Generation Test   System
  (Tech ID 3141)
• SWEPP Waste   Assay Gamma   Spectrometer System
  Jerry L. Wells

Miamisburg Environmental
Management Project
• Nochar PetroBond®   Tritiated Oil   Solidification
  (Tech ID 2313)
• Hydraulic Crimper   (Tech ID 2955)
  Sam C. Cheng

Princeton Plasma Physics
Laboratory
• Mega-Tech   Hydraulic Shears   (Tech ID 2953)
  Jeffrey Makiel

Rocky Flats Environmental
Technology Site
• Wide-Energy   Neutron Detectors   (Tech ID 3081)
  Edward A. Pietsch
• Wide-Energy   Neutron Detectors   (Tech ID 3081)
  John W. Hale
• Wide-Energy   Neutron Detectors   (Tech ID 3081)
  Joseph E. Springer
• Wide-Energy   Neutron Detectors   (Tech ID 3081)
  Sandra R. Macleod

West Valley Demonstration
Project
• Vitrification   Expended Materials   Processing System   (Tech ID 2383)
  William F. Hamel

Ashtabula Environmental Management Project
• Personal Ice Cooling   System
  (Tech ID 1898)

Brookhaven National Laboratory
• Viscous Liquid
   Barrier   
   (Tech ID 50)
• Segmented Gate   System (Tech ID 2158)
• Sepradyne Thermal   Desorption Process   for Treatment of   Mercury
  (Tech ID 2380)
  Gail E. Penny

Columbus Environmental Management Project
• Pipe Explorer™   Surveying System   (Tech ID 74), two   different sites
• Closed-loop Dry   Cleaning System for   Mop Heads and Rags   (TRU waste volume   reduction/waste   minimization)
  Thomas A. Baillieul

Hanford Site
• Wireline Cone   Penetrometer System   for Multiple Tool   Usage
  (Tech ID 2222)
  Owen Robertson
• In Situ Object   Counting System   (Tech ID 2098)
• Liquid-Level   Detection Technology   (Ultrasonics)
• Advanced   Characterization   System
• Wireless Remote   Radiation Monitoring   System
  (Tech ID 2104)
  John P. Sands
• Mini-Robot for   Removal of   Dispersables in
  B-Cell
  David T. Evans

Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory
• Innovative Fill and   Cover Technique
  Glenn E. Nelson
• ROVVER 400 Video   Inspection Robot
  ANDROS Robot
  (Tech ID 2178)
  Kevin C. O’Neill
• CPN 503DR   Hydroprobe for   Probehole Logging
• Azimuthal Gamma
  Tool for Probehole   Logging
• N-Gamma Tool for   Probehole Logging
• Combination Passive   Gamma-Neutron   Probehole Log
  Aran T. Armstrong

• Soft Media Blast    Cleaning
   (Tech ID 1899)
• In Situ Underwater   Gamma Spectroscopy   (Tech ID 2990)
  Andrew W. Mikkola
• En-vac Robotic Wall   Scabbler
  (Tech ID 2321)
  David B. Shirley
• Chlor-X-Analyzer   (Tech ID 2926)
• Planetary Mixer for   MLLW Stabilization   (Tech ID 2993)
  Jeff T. Shadley

Nevada Test Site
• GeoMesh
  (Tech 7035)
  Monica L. Sanchez
• POWER tool   (Planning,   Optimization, Waste   Estimating and   Resourcing)
• Miniature Pumps in   the Cone
  Penetrometer
• Tip for Groundwater   and Soil Sampling   (Tech ID 381)
• Heavy Weight Cone   Penetrometer
  (Tech ID 489)
• Personal Ice Cooling   System (Tech ID 1898)
• Surface
  Contamination   Monitor and Survey   Information   Management Ssytem   (Tech ID 7002)
• Spectral Gamma
  Probe  (Tech ID 2364)
  Janet Apenzeller-
  Wing

Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
• Ribbon NAPL
   Sampler   
   (Tech ID 2238)
• Purge Water   Management System   (Tech ID 2920)
• Phased Source   Remediation
  (Tech ID 2923)
  Hannibal Joma
• GeoSiphon/Geoflow   (Tech ID 2063)
• Iron Treatment Wall    (Tech ID 2156)
   Roy Kearns

Los Alamos National Laboratory
• Personal Ice Cooling   System
  (Tech ID 1898)
  Theodore J. Taylor
• Mobile   Characterization   System for Large   Crates   
  (Tech ID 2959)
• Nontraditional In Situ   Vitrification
  (Tech ID 59)
  James G. Nunz
 Miamisburg Environmental Management Project
• Intrusive and   Nonintrusive   Characterization   through Concrete   Floors and Walls:   Electromagnetic   Imaging
  (Tech ID 7000)
• Oxy-Gasoline Torch   (Tech ID 1847)
• Intrusive and   Nonintrusive   Characterization   through Concrete   Floors and Walls:   Gamma Spectroscopy   (Tech ID 7001)
• Intrusive and   Nonintrusive   Characterization   through Concrete   Floors and Walls:   HydroGeophysics   Ground Penetrating   Radar (Tech ID 2982)
  Sam C. Cheng
• Masonry/Debris   Crushing
 Robert S. Rothman

Oak Ridge National Laboratory
• Stabilized   Contaminates Using   Arrow-Pak Polymer   Macroencapsulation   (Tech ID 2159)
• Button Memory™
  Johnny O. Moore
• Hurricane Nozzle
  Waste Retrieval and   Transfer System
  Linear Scarifying End   Effector
• Mobile Retrieval   System
  (Tech ID 2947)
• Dual Coriolis   Monitoring
  (Tech ID 2970)
  David G. Adler
• Tooling Systems for   Massive Equipment   Size Reduction and   Removal
  (Tech ID 1462)
• Mobile Robot Work   System (ROSIE)
  (Tech ID 7556)
• Compact Remote   Operator Console   (Tech ID 2180)
  Jack L. Howard

Office of River Protection
• Above-Grade
  Transfer   Line
• Environmental   Simulation Program
• Remote Electronic   Waste Tank Pit   Flammable Gas   Monitor
• Salt Cake Dissolution   (Tech ID 1989)
• Electrochemical
  Noise  Corrosion   Monitor  System   (Tech ID 1985)

• Continued Powerful   Use of the Hanford   Tank Waste Operation   Simulator
  Harry L. Boston

Paducah Gaseous Diffusion Plant
• Lasagna (Tech ID 4)
  Dianna F. Feireisel

Pantex Plant
• In Situ Natural   Biodegradation of   Highly Explosive   Contaminated Soil   (Tech ID 7038)
  Johnnie F. Guelker

Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
• Oxy-Gasoline Torch   (Tech ID 1847)
• Personal Ice Cooling   System (Tech ID 1898)
  Melda J. Rafferty

Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site
• Small-Scale Gas   Generation Tester
  System Integration of   Data for Residue   Processing
  (Tech ID 3082)
  Edward A. Pietsch
• System Integration of   Data for Residue   Processing
  (Tech ID 3082)
  John W. Hale
• Concrete Grinder   (Tech ID 2102)
   Joseph E. Springer
• Pipe Crawler Internal   Piping   Characterization   System
  (Tech ID 1810)
  Keith W. Heavilin

Sandia National Laboratories
• Oil Solidification   (Tech ID 2313)
  Ronald B. Dobbs

Waste Isolation
Pilot Plant
• Colloidal Borescope   (Tech ID 465)
  Ines R. Triay

West Valley Demonstration Project
• Vitrification
  Expended Materials   Processing, 2nd   Generation
  Gamma Camera
  Advanced Waste   Retrieval System   (Tech ID 2948)
  William F. Hamel
• Oxy-Gasoline Torch   (Tech ID 1847)
• Personal Ice Cooling   System
  (Tech ID 1898)
  Water Solidification   (Tech ID 2312)
  Joseph J. May


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