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Past Technical Review Activities

The work at the Hanford Site has had a long history of technical review activities, from the early activities by the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and its staff's presentations at various scientific forums to the current activities by the various site contractors to evaluate critical elements of the clean-up effort. Many of these activities included internal review committees and collaborations among experts working on the site. External reviews included presentations at professional conferences, involvement in national and international working groups on various topics, and collaborations with other experts not directly associated with the Hanford Site.

Integration Project Expert Panel (IPEP)

The Integration Project Expert Panel (IPEP) provided broad, independent oversight of many Groundwater/Vadose Zone Integration Project activities. Its eight members reviewed and commented on key programmatic, managerial, technical, and stakeholder issues. The IPEP operated primarily as an operational review panel, but periodically conducted technical reviews.

IPEP Meetings

At each of its meetings, which were open to the public, the IPEP provided constructive comments and recommendations on the Integration Project endeavors.

IPEP Subpanels

The IPEP had the ability to establish IPEP Subpanels that were comprised of experts who were focused on specific technical topics, according to project needs.

IPEP Background Information

National Academy of Sciences

A Committee on Environmental Remediation Science & Technology from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) reviewed the science & technology aspects of the Groundwater/Vadose Zone Integration Project. They provided recommendations to improve technical quality and program relevance to Department of Energy decision-making process for remediation actions at Hanford. Reports can be found on the website for the NAS Committee on Environmental Remediation Science & Technology. The review included assessment of:

  • The technical merit of science & technology work, including its likely contribution to advancing the state of scientific knowledge.
  • The relevance and timeliness of science & technology work to DOE remediation decisions at the Hanford Site.
  • The potential applicability of science & technology results at Hanford to contamination problems at other DOE sites, as well as the applicability of science & technology at other DOE sites to Hanford.

Other Technical Review Activities

In addition to these larger efforts, there have been other review panels assembled to evaluate narrower ranges of topics. Among these are the

  • Management Review of the System Assessment Capability,
  • Partitioning Interwell Tracer Test (PITT) at Hanford,
  • Groundwater Peer Review Panel, and
  • Washington Advisory Group's evaluation of research and development activities which contributed to the understanding of contaminant migration.

For questions or comments, please send a message to Carl Connell.

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