%0 Book %A National Research Council %T Waste Forms Technology and Performance: Final Report %@ 978-0-309-18733-6 %D 2011 %U https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13100/waste-forms-technology-and-performance-final-report %> https://nap.nationalacademies.org/catalog/13100/waste-forms-technology-and-performance-final-report %I The National Academies Press %C Washington, DC %G English %K Environment and Environmental Studies %K Engineering and Technology %P 308 %R doi:10.17226/13100 %X The Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management (DOE-EM) is responsible for cleaning up radioactive waste and environmental contamination resulting from five decades of nuclear weapons production and testing. A major focus of this program involves the retrieval, processing, and immobilization of waste into stable, solid waste forms for disposal. Waste Forms Technology and Performance, a report requested by DOE-EM, examines requirements for waste form technology and performance in the cleanup program. The report provides information to DOE-EM to support improvements in methods for processing waste and selecting and fabricating waste forms. Waste Forms Technology and Performance places particular emphasis on processing technologies for high-level radioactive waste, DOE's most expensive and arguably most difficult cleanup challenge. The report's key messages are presented in ten findings and one recommendation.