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Shoffner, P.

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DOE OSTI2018

KM-IT Mobile Platform for D and D - 18300

Knowledge management (KM) is the practice or process responsible for gathering, analyzing, storing and sharing insights, experiences, knowledge, and information within an organization or community. The main focus of the Knowledge Management Information Tool (KM-IT) for the deactivation and decommissioning (D and D) community is to enhance safety through improved efficiencies (e.g., by reducing the need to rediscover the knowledge and experience gained over time and to promote the reuse of the existing knowledge). KM-IT serves as a centralized information repository and a common interface for D and D related activities. It facilitates the gathering, analysis, storage and sharing of knowledge and information within the D and D community. FIU has developed eight active modules as part of the web-based mobile application for the KM-IT, which can be accessed from m.dndkm.org: Vendor, Specialist Directory, Technology, Picture Library, Hotline, Lessons Learned, Best Practices and Fixatives. All of the mobile modules are scaled-down versions of the desktop module available at www.dndkm.org and publish data from the KM-IT database to the D and D community. FIU has recently developed a native mobile application for Android mobile devices for selecting D and D fixatives. This application runs natively on mobile devices and displays data through the fixative services which uses REST-based API for communication across mobile platforms. Xamarin Forms are used to develop the front-end application for the Android operating system (OS) and will be used for future platforms (iOS and Windows) as well. The native fixative application can be installed on mobile devices to search information related to fixatives, decontamination gels and strippable coatings applicable to D and D. The KM-IT platform includes a comprehensive database of commercially available fixatives and other contamination control products. Search functionality allows the user to filter and sort these products according to the search criteria or keyword. Three levels of refinement are available via a drill down menu for the criteria. (authors)

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DOE OSTI2017

Application of Robotics Technology to D and D - 17249

The Knowledge Management Information Tool (KM-IT) is a web-based system developed to maintain and preserve the deactivation and decommissioning (D and D) knowledge base across the Department of Energy (DOE) complex. The system was developed by the Applied Research Center (ARC) at Florida International University (FIU) with the support of the D and D community, including the DOE Office of Environmental Management (DOE EM), and with the active collaboration and support of the DOE's Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG). The KM-IT system is a D and D community driven system tailored to serve the technical issues faced by the D and D workforce across the DOE Complex. As part of the D and D KM-IT, FIU has developed a robotics database in collaboration with DOE EM and Nuvision/Cogentus which currently contains over 500 robotics technologies along with information about the robotics technology vendors. This information is aggregated in real time and presented as a robotics technology fact sheet to the end user based on the selected technology. FIU is researching these technologies and studying their capabilities and application to D and D. As part of the research, FIU is categorizing each technology into specific application areas: characterization, decontamination, inspection, and demolition. (authors)

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DOE OSTI2016

Enhancing Fire Resiliency of Fixatives and Coatings for D and D Activities to Mitigate Potential Release of Radioisotopes during Fire and Extreme Heat Conditions - 16393

In discussions with officials from the Department of Energy's Office of Environmental Management and Savannah River National Laboratory (SRNL), the requirement for enhancing the operational performance of fixatives, coatings, and decontamination gels to better address the unique deactivation and decommissioning (D and D) challenges being faced by the SRS 235-F Project, and other high priority D and D efforts across the DOE Complex such as the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP), has been identified as a priority focus area for research and development (R and D). Of particular interest is the immediate operational requirement to enhance a fixative's fire resiliency and survivability under fire and extreme heat conditions in order to mitigate the potential release of radioisotopes into the environment when subjected to these conditions. In support of the DOE-FIU Cooperative Agreement, under the Waste and D and D Engineering and Technology Development Project, Task 2: D and D Support for Technology Innovation, Development, Evaluation and Deployment, the FIU Applied Research Center (ARC), in close collaboration with SRNL, is leading the development, implementation, and execution of a phased effort to improve the operational effectiveness of fixative technologies in the critical areas highlighted above, and specifically focusing on enhancing fire resiliency without degrading fixing capacity or decontamination factor (DF). The research area being explored involves the analysis, laboratory experimentation, and testing of existing products, which through layering/combining with an intumescent coating, could possibly produce a synergistic effect, resulting in a new and improved process / material with characteristics that significantly improve operational performance in this area. (authors)

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DOE OSTI2016

Robotics Technologies on Knowledge Management Information Tool (KM-IT) Platform - 16465

The Knowledge Management Information Tool (KM-IT) is a web-based system developed to maintain and preserve the deactivation and decommissioning (D and D) knowledge base across the Department of Energy (DOE) complex. The system was developed by the Applied Research Center (ARC) at Florida International University (FIU) with the support of the D and D community, including the DOE Office of Environmental Management (DOE EM), and with the active collaboration and support of the DOE's Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG). The KM-IT system is a D and D community driven system tailored to serve the technical issues faced by the D and D workforce across the DOE Complex. New information, including vendors and technologies related to D and D, are researched and added to KM-IT on an ongoing basis. In late 2014, DOE EM provided a database of 471 robotic technologies, originally developed by NuVision Engineering and Cogentus Consulting, with a request to evaluate the potential for integrating the data into the KM-IT framework for ongoing hosting/maintenance of the information. All of the data from the original database as well as photographs, documents, and videos are now available on KM-IT. (authors)

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DOE OSTI2015

Knowledge management information tool Web analytics - 15182

The Knowledge Management Information Tool (KM-IT) is a web-based [01] system developed to maintain and preserve the Department of Energy's (DOE's) D and D knowledge base. The system was developed by Florida International University's Applied Research Center (FIU-ARC) with the support of the D and D community including the DOE Office of Environmental Management, and with the active collaboration and support of the DOE's Energy Facility Contractors Group (EFCOG). The KM-IT system is a D and D community driven system tailored to serve the technical issues faced by the D and D workforce across the DOE Complex. The D and D KM-IT is an interactive web-based system operational and available for free access at www.dndkm.org. [02] The D and D KM-IT is currently composed of the following tailored D and D modules: Web Crawler, Hotline, Technology, Document Library (including Hanford's and Savannah River Sites' ALARA Center Reports), Specialist Directory, Lessons Learned, Best Practices, Video/Picture Library, Vendors, Collaboration Tools, Training, and Mobile Systems. The Web Crawler dynamically searches through the D and D KM-IT repository as well as the web and displays search results based on the search criteria. The Hotline allows registered users to post questions/problems related to D and D and to receive solutions from a subject-matter specialist. The Technology module serves as repository of D and D technologies and contains technology/ demonstration fact sheets and vendor information. D and D community members can add Lessons Learned, Best Practices, Documents, and Pictures/Videos to the D and D KM-IT repository, after a formal approval process. The Vendor module provides a directory of commercial vendors who provide D and D related technologies, supplies, and services. D and D KM-IT makes excellent use of the knowledge that exists within the D and D community by allowing D and D project managers around the DOE complex to collaborate by sharing innovative ideas, past experiences, and practices and by maintaining a directory of subject matter specialists. The mobile version of the KM-IT can be accessed from m.dndkm.org [03] and currently has six active modules: Vendor, Technology, Picture/Video Library, Hotline, Lessons Learned and Specialist Directory. Web analytics is a key tool being implemented by the D and D KM-IT project team in an effort to enhance the system to better meet users' needs. The D and D KM-IT project team incorporates web analytics as part of its operational elements to analyze information and key data points on how the system is being used. Web analytics is the measurement, collection, analysis and reporting of internet data for the purposes of understanding and optimizing web usage. The use of web analytics retains or attracts D and D community members to access and share knowledge through virtual collaboration on the KM-IT platform. D and D KM-IT web analytics measures details on the overall usage of the system without tracking personal information or specific user behavior: how many users visited the application, how many of those users were unique visitors, how visitors come to the system (i.e., by following a link to the system or by using the web site URL via bookmark or directly typing the address), what keywords were used to perform searches with the search engine, how long the average user stayed on a given screen or on the entire system and what links were clicked on. This information is used to identify which areas of the system are more popular than the others and provides information that can be used to streamline the application for a better user experience. (authors)

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