Department of Energy Applied Technology Reports

Transcript:Department of Energy Applied Technology Reports:
Department of Energy Applied Technology Reports The Review Process 2019 STIP Working Meeting, Brookhaven National Laboratory Stephen Pellegrino, Ph.D. Office of Nuclear Energy David Hamrin, CNI Contractor, DOE Office of Nuclear Energy Yes, but just what is APPLIED TECHNOLOGY? Applied Technology = a designation created by the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Nuclear Energy (NE) in the 1970s to preserve the foreign trade value of certain NE-funded work This preservation of value was accomplished by controlling access to reports containing information related to: Engineering Development Design Construction Operations pertaining to selected NE programs. 2 NE determined what programs would be labeled Applied Technology. A standard caveat was added to report covers and title pages. No foreign distribution was allowed for AT reports. All domestic requests for AT reports outside the original distribution were handled by DOE’s Office of Scientific and Technical Information. Foreign exchanges of AT information were approved by NE on a quid pro quo basis with nations with whom DOE has a formal exchange agreement, consistent with the intent of 10 CFR Part 810 Regulations. Applied Technology was an administrative control that allowed NE programs to increase their trade value. As such, it lacked a statutory basis. The Five Basic Steps of Access Control 3 Any further distribution by any holder of this document or data therein to third parties representing foreign interests, foreign governments, foreign companies, and foreign subsidiaries or foreign divisions of U.S. companies shall be approved the (insert appropriate DOE Program Office Officials), U.S. Department of Energy, Further, foreign-party release may require DOE approval pursuant to Federal Regulation 10 Part 810, and/or may subject to of the Atomic Energy Act. The Applied Technology Admonition/Caveat 4 Issues with cancelling Applied Technology? Approximately 12,000 technical reports funded by DOE NE were issued under the caveat “Applied Technology.” Few (maybe none) were reviewed for ECI or general public release. How should these reports be handled? How can DOE NE minimize the burden of reviewing these reports? I have the credentials. I am at OSTI (where the reports are). I can review, with your authorization. 5 My Credentials I have worked with Applied Technology reports since 1980 when I was a technical editor at Argonne. I was a Releasing Official at Argonne National Laboratory for four years, and ANL created many Applied Technology reports. I was a Releasing Official at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory for 21 years,