S4PST: Sustainability for Programming Systems and Tools: May Workshop Report

As the extent of the shortage becomes clear, an interagency task force is giving scientific users priority, but some say the material is not available at any price.

For decades, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has been engaged in significant research, development, and support for software to enable scientific computing and, particularly, the use of high performance computing (HPC) in the NNSA mission space. In particular, the move in the mid-1990’s to simulation as a leading component of stockpile stewardship through the ASCI and the successor ASC programs, as well as the need for reliable data acquisition and control software for the National Ignition Facility, have been important drivers in building expertise in production-quality software development at LLNL. LLNL has also been a leader in the DOE SciDAC FASTMath Institute and the DOE Exascale Computing Project (ECP), both of which have striven to make scientific computing software – in particular, the enabling technologies underpinning simulation capabilities – more widely adopted and sustainable. As such, we believe that our experience can inform the broader goal of software stewardship for scientific and high-performance computing. LLNL strongly supports the formation of a new DOE ASCR program element in software stewardship and sustainment. Historically, DOE ASCR has funded applied mathematics and computer science research that has led to the development of important new capabilities and algorithms that are expressed as artifacts in research software. Such frameworks, libraries, and tools have seldom been directly funded to address the important issues of code maintenance, documentation, robustness, and community building. Software engineering and support have typically been done on the side in support of the ASCR-driven research products. DOE funding priorities have been slow to recognize that good software engineering, the kind that ensures research investments have more adoption and longevity, requires significant resources. Based upon our experiences, we have prepared this response to highlight the concerns and issues we believe to be important as DOE ASCR considers its role in scientific software stewardship. We believe that role is important and will require a significant investment of new funding to legitimately support the technologies past and future DOE ASCR investments have and will produce to facilitate their uptake and adoption in the broader scientific computing community. Following a summary of our involvement in scientific software development, the remainder our response is organized around the nine topics specifically identified in the RFI.

The operation of large US Department of Energy (DOE) research facilities, like the DIII-D National Fusion Facility, results in the collection of complex multi-dimensional scientific datasets, both experimental and model-generated. In the future, it is envisioned that integrated data analysis coupled with large-scale high performance computing (HPC) simulations will be used to improve experimental planning and operation. Practically, massive data sets from these simulations provide the physics basis for generation of both reduced semi-analytic and machine-learning-based models. Storage of both HPC simulation datasets (generated from US DOE leadership computing facilities) and experimental datasets presents significant challenges. In this paper, we present a vision for a DOE-wide data management workflow that integrates US DOE fusion facilities with leadership computing facilities. Data persistence and long-term availability beyond the length of allocated projects is essential, particularly for verification and recalibration of artificial intelligence and machine learning (AI/ML) models. Because these data sets are often generated and shared among hundreds of users across multiple leadership computing facility centers, they would benefit from cross-platform accessibility, persistent identifiers (e.g. DOI, or digital object identifier), and provenance tracking. The ability to handle different data access patterns suggests that a combination of low cost, high latency (e.g. for storing ML training sets) and high cost, low latency systems (e.g. for real-time, integrated machine control feedback) may be needed.KeywordsFusionBig dataHigh performance computingData management

The Atomic Energy Act, as amended, authorizes the United States (U.S.) Department of Energy (DOE) and its predecessor agencies to distribute nuclear materials to public or private institutions for the purposes of education as well as research and development. Significant transformations throughout the nuclear industry have led to changes in programmatic responsibility for loaned nuclear materials. DOE has established several programs to catalog, transfer ownership, retrieve, and/or dispose of these loaned nuclear materials. The variety of loaned nuclear material types as well as operational and regulatory variations between facility licensees have created unique challenges for the retrieval and dispositioning processes. These include packaging and transportation, confirmation of regulatory jurisdiction, property transfer, and disposal of sources with no remaining economic value. This paper explores the methods and actions taken by DOE to address these challenges. Lessons learned and the best practices identified from these programs are also presented.

At the close of each fiscal year, the US Department of Energy (DOE) Sustainability Performance Office (SPO) issues guidance documents and technical resource aids/tools necessary for DOE sites and national laboratories to complete sustainability reporting requirements. SPO is part of the DOE Office of Asset Management. As required by DOE Order 436.1A, Departmental Sustainability, each site develops and commits to an annual site sustainability plan (SSP) that identifies its respective contribution toward meeting DOE’s sustainability goals. SPO collects and compiles information reported by each site to develop an agency-wide sustainability report and implementation plan, which is used to report DOE sustainability progress to the federal government as required by all major federal agencies. DOE launched a formal Sustainability Office and annual SSP process in 2011. Each year, Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), in concert with the DOE Office of Science (SC), provides the resources essential to fulfill its commitment to deliver a complete and accurate SSP and quality performance data for entry into the DOE Sustainability Dashboard managed by SPO. The performance data entered by each DOE site are then combined to disclose the progress of each DOE program office and are further combined to show comprehensive progress for the agency. The Office of Asset Management assists program offices in sustaining their missions, freeing up resources by reducing waste, avoiding excess expenditure on utilities, maximizing productivity, and improving the efficiency of facilities and processes. By focusing on mission needs, programs and associated DOE sites can help the agency meet its sustainability goals as outlined in federal statutory and regulatory requirements. In FY 2022, the SSP Guidance/Instructions (US Department of Energy, Sustainability Performance Office) was updated to capture requirements from Executive Order (EO) 14008, Tackling the Climate Crisis at Home and Abroad; the Energy Act of 2020 (EAct 20); actions outlined in DOE’s Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan and Sustainability Plan; and EO 14057, Catalyzing Clean Energy Industries and Jobs Through Federal Sustainability. Updates in SSP guidance help to minimize and streamline reporting while simultaneously addressing updated federal requirements. Per DOE, each SSP should provide an overview of the site’s planned actions and of efforts and accomplishments during the reporting period. SPO collects and compiles information reported by each site to develop DOE’s Annual Sustainability Report, Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plan, and Annual Energy Management Report to Congress. The agency goal has been to lower the reporting burden for sites and increase and improve the consistency of information available to decision-makers, allowing them to better identify projects and potential for increased efficiency and to reduce waste, lower emissions, and enhance operational resilience. Sites may elect to produce more polished publications for their leadership and stakeholders, but this step is no longer required. The ORNL SSP narrative report (this document) and the reporting of DOE SPO Sustainability Dashboard performance data is a collaborative effort of approximately 30 subject matter experts (SMEs) from ORNL facility management, mission support, and research divisions. Annually, these associates come together to provide a report that can be used by DOE to demonstrate continued agency progress in energy efficiency and sustainable federal operations.

DOE complies with all Federal regulations governing radioactive material shipments to maintain an excellent safety record. The US Department of Energy (DOE) uses radioactive material for National defense and research and development activities and is a major shipper of this material. DOE shipments go through almost all 50 states in both government and commercial vehicles via air, highway, rail, and water. DOE manages the transportation of the following: uranium ore from mines to processing facilities where the uranium is enriched and prepared as reactor fuel; reactor fuel to nuclear reactors; materials for research in new energy technologies; special nuclear materials for defense purposes; reactor byproducts to research laboratories, industrial plants, and medical institutions; and radioactive waste to interim storage and disposal sites. As with many substances, potential hazards arise in transporting radioactive material, and DOE takes stringent precautions to minimize and eliminate risk. DOE packages and transports according to the Department of Transportation's (DOT) Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 173 (49 CFR 173). In addition, DOE has adopted the packaging standards of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). These regulations and standards are implemented through DOE safety and operational directives called DOE Orders. The safety record for shipping radioactive material clearly shows that the protection of the public and the environment is of the highest priority. Strict enforcement of regulations and ongoing research show DOE's commitment to maintain this excellent record. 21 figs.

This report presents the results of a study performed by Gartner Group, Inc. for the US Department of Energy (DOE), through a contract with the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL). The purpose of the study is to estimate the economic impact of the Federal High Performance Computing and Communications (HPCC) Program which was proposed by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), Executive Office of the President, on September 8, 1989. That Program is an implementation of the Research and Development Strategy for High Performance Computing, which was transmitted to Congress by OSTP on November 20, 1988. The objective of this Gartner Group study to provide an assessment of the likely economic impact and benefits of the Federal HPCC Program and the risks of non-support of this program. The goals of the HPCC Program are to: support computational advances through R D effort; Reduce uncertainties to industry through increased cooperation and continued use of government as a market for High Performance Computing (HPC) prototypes; Support underlying research, network, and computational infrastructures; and support the U.S. human resource base.

In the field of semiconductor quantum dot spin qubits, there is growing interest in leveraging the unique properties of hole-carrier systems and their intrinsically strong spin-orbit coupling to engineer novel spin qubits. In contrast to the weak spin-orbit interaction found in Si, strong spin-orbit coupling in Ge may allow purely electrical spin control using the electric field component of a microwave drive signal applied to a confinement gate, without the need for additional components such as microwave stripline antennas or micromagnets. A crucial aspect in the search for alternative semiconductor qubit host materials is the need to maintain the advantages of existing platforms such as Si: low disorder, long coherence times, extensibility, and semiconductor foundry compatibility. Recent advances in semiconductor heterostructure growth have made available high quality, undoped Ge/SiGe quantum wells that can serve as hosts for hole spin qubits. These quantum wells consist of a pure strained Ge layer flanked by Ge-rich SiGe layers above and below, grown by reduced pressure chemical vapor deposition. Isotopic enrichment is possible if required. The heavy hole charge carriers are characterized by a small effective mass m* ~ 0.08m 0 (about 2.4x lighter than for electrons in Si), high mobility μ ≥ 1E5 cm2/Vs, and highly anisotropic g-factors. The small effective mass should allow relatively large and easily-coupled quantum dots. The next-nearest light hole band is theoretically predicted to be on the order of ~ 100 meV below the heavy hole band. The p-orbital character of the hole wavefunction may provide an advantage in minimizing contact hyperfine interactions with nonzero-spin lattice nuclei. There is both theoretical and experimental evidence of a cubic Rashba-type spin-orbit interaction in this material, whose large strength is manifest as a spin-orbit length on the order of 1 micrometer. An additional advantage over Si is that the two-dimensional band structure of Ge quantum wells does not feature valley states, which can present difficulties for qubit operations. Here, we will describe our ongoing efforts to prepare spin qubits in this platform, including development of gated device architectures, device tuning protocols, and charge-sensing capabilities. Initial work focused on single-layer gate layouts, in which lithographically-defined single and double quantum dots were demonstrated at dilution refrigerator temperatures. Charging energies of ~ 1.7 meV were observed. These devices featured a broad and shallow potential landscape, and only a small number of holes could be confined to a quantum dot. Although adjacent quantum dots could be coupled to one another, this coupling was not easily tuned using this gate design. These limitations in the confinement and control of quantum dots motivated the subsequent adoption of multilayer gate-stack architectures, similar to what has been demonstrated in Si. Our three-layer devices feature gate electrodes designed for accumulation of holes, local depletion to form quantum dots, and selective isolation/screening of electric fields. Device structures feature Ti/Pt gates, ALD oxide dielectrics, and implanted ohmic contacts. Symmetrically constructed devices comprise two gated channels for quantum dot confinement, one to be used as the quantum dot under study and the other operated as a local charge sensor. By monitoring the conductance of the charge sensor as the quantum dot is tuned, we can remotely determine the dot’s occupation number, in principle down to the last hole. Iterative cycles of device fabrication and measurement, combined with numerical modeling, have allowed continuous improvements to the device design. Early three-layer device designs suffered from poor isolation between the upper and lower mirror-symmetric device channels. Numerical modeling showed (and measurements have confirmed) that an additional isolation gate could allow improved autonomy of the two channels while maintaining their electrostatic coupling needed for charge sensing. Ongoing, simulation-informed work to fine-tune the device geometry, as well as efforts toward a qubit demonstration, will be discussed. This work was funded, in part, by the Laboratory Directed Research and Development Program and performed, in part, at the Center for Integrated Nanotechnologies, an Office of Science User Facility operated for the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science. Sandia National Laboratories is a multi-mission laboratory managed and operated by National Technology & Engineering Solutions of Sandia, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc., for the US Department of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration under contract DE-NA-0003525. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent the views of the US Department of Energy or the United States Government. The work at NTU was supported by the Ministry of Science and Technology (107-2622-8-002-018-). Figure 1

The HHL algorithm is a prominent quantum algorithm that offers exponential speedup over its classical counterparts for solving a system of linear equations. However, synthesizing and executing HHL circuits demand significant computational resources from both classical and quantum systems. In this paper, we benchmark the HHL algorithm using the optimized Quantum Phase Estimation (QPE) generation algorithm, LuGo [1], to enhance its scalability and efficiency. We leverage various highperformance computing (HPC) systems–the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center's (NERSC's) Perlmutter supercomputer and Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility's (OLCF's) Andes system and Frontier supercomputer–to evaluate the scalability of generating HHL circuits and to measure the time to simulate the generated circuits. Additionally, enabled by the Quantum Computing User Program (QCUP) of OLCF, we provide a comprehensive analysis of the algorithm's performance on various state-of-the-art superconducting and trappedion quantum devices, including studies on qubit connectivity, fidelity comparisons, and hardware compatibility and robustness. Our results offer preliminary insights into potential practical applications of the HHL algorithm enabled by LuGo and the performance of various types of quantum hardware. <sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">1</sup><sup xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink">1</sup>Notice: This manuscript has been authored by UT-Battelle, LLC, under contract DE-AC05-00OR22725 with the US Department of Energy (DOE). The US government retains and the publisher, by accepting the article for publication, acknowledges that the US government retains a nonexclusive, paid-up, irrevocable, worldwide license to publish or reproduce the published form of this manuscript, or allow others to do so, for US government purposes. DOE will provide public access to these results of federally sponsored research in accordance with the DOE Public Access Plan (http://energy.gov/downloads/doe-public-access-plan). This research used resources of the Oak Ridge Leadership Computing Facility at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, which is supported by the Office of Science of the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract No. DE-AC05-00OR22725. This research used resources of the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC), a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science User Facility located at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, operated under Contract No. DE-AC02-05CH11231.

Clark, Janecky, and Lane reply: The letters from William Alschuler and Anne Fenerty raise many interesting points; we will address the major ones. Of particular relevance is the unprecedented stakeholder involvement that enabled the cleanup of Rocky Flats. Although there were many perspectives surrounding issues such as cleanup levels, dirty demolition, landfill capping, and 903 Pad remediation, all organizations helped advance the removal of plutonium and reduction of the risks to metropolitan Denver.An example of stakeholder involvement and communications was the formulation of actinide cleanup levels. Many stakeholders were concerned by the original radionuclide soil action level (RSAL) of 651 picocuries per gram of plutonium, acceptable under Superfund regulations. Intense community concern prompted the Department of Energy (DOE) to fund a citizens’ group to reexamine RSALs; though members did not reach consensus, they helped emphasize protection of surface water that could leave the site during the necessary trade-off between cleanup of more highly contaminated surface soils and the disturbance of vegetation, streams, and soils. That extensive public process developed a much reduced RSAL for surface soil (50 pCi/g) while allowing for more residual contamination at depth beneath old building sites—an approach that had wide support. As Fenerty’s letter implies, not every stakeholder concern could be satisfied. The containerized waste was sent to two disposal facilities, one DOE’s and one commercial.Most of the site (3900 of 6200 acres) has been transferred to the Interior Department to become a national wildlife refuge. The former industrial area will remain restricted and under DOE jurisdiction. The cleanup has significantly reduced risk, but ongoing monitoring and maintenance by the DOE Office of Legacy Management remain vital to ensuring long-term protection of human health and the environment. In addition, the US Congress approved legislation in 2004 creating the Rocky Flats Stewardship Council to focus on issues central to the site’s post-closure care and management.Regarding independence, anyone in the US who has experience and expertise with plutonium has been funded at some time by DOE, including us and the Rocky Flats Citizens Advisory Board. As scientists, we always hope that our science is brought out in public discussions and then used to improve the technical basis for decision making, so that decisions will be more transparent, repeatable, and thus scientifically defensible. Describing the value, process, and results of our participation was a major driver in developing the article for Physics Today. For us, the invitation to become involved in cleaning up Rocky Flats was an ultimate opportunity for science in the public interest. We remain committed to working with all participants—site contractors, regulators, governments, stakeholder organizations, individuals, and the international scientific community.Rocky Flats, the largest, most complex environmental cleanup in US history, was completed nearly 50 years sooner and $30 billion lower than initial estimates. The cleanup removed plutonium and reduced risks to metropolitan Denver. It was many things, but through broad-ranging community participation, it is certainly not a cover-up.ADDITIONAL RESOURCESSection:ChooseTop of pageADDITIONAL RESOURCES <<CITING ARTICLES1. US Department of Energy, Office of Legacy Management, http://www.lm.doe.gov. Google Scholar2. US DOE, Office of Legacy Management, Rocky Flats site, http://www.lm.doe.gov/land/sites/co/rocky_flats/rocky.html. Google Scholar3. Rocky Flats Stewardship Council, http://www.rockyflatssc.org/index.html. Google Scholar4. National Research Council, Commission on Geosciences, Environment, and Resources, Long-Term Institutional Management of US Department of Energy Legacy Waste Sites (2000), National Academy Press, Washington, DC (2000), http://books.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=9949=R1. Google Scholar© 2007 American Institute of Physics.

Increased public concern about the transportation of hazardous materials has caused the assurance of safe transport of this material to be a pressing national need. United States Department of Energy (DOE) programs involve the transportation of many hazardous and radioactive materials, and the national need to assure that these materials are transported in a safe manner is being addressed through the application of technology developed as part of the DOE/Albuquerque Operations Office's Transportation Base Technology Program. Currently the Albuquerque Operations Office is the integrator of DOE's Transportation Base Technology Program. Activities in this area include: packaging development, engineering analysis, testing, advanced technology development, packaging certification support, regulatory standards development, information systems management, and risk and systems analysis support. This paper addresses the specifics of DOE activities in these areas.

This report provides a technical basis for establishing radiological release limits for granular activated carbon (GAC) containing very low quantities of tritium and radon daughter products generated during environmental remediation activities at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). This evaluation was conducted according to the Authorized Limit procedures specified in United States Department of Energy (DOE) Order 5400.5, Radiation Protection of the Public and the Environment (DOE, 1993) and related DOE guidance documents. The GAC waste is currently being managed by LLNL as a Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) mixed waste. Significant cost savings can be achieved by developing an Authorized Limit under DOE Order 5400.5 since it would allow the waste to be safely disposed as a hazardous waste at a permitted off-site RCRA treatment and disposal facility. LLNL generates GAC waste during vapor-phase soil remediation in the Trailer 5475 area. While trichloroethylene and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are the primary targets of the remedial action, a limited amount of tritium and radon daughter products are contained in the GAC at the time of disposal. As defined in DOE Order 5400.5, an Authorized Limit is a level of residual radioactive material that will result in an annual public dose of 100 milliroentgen-equivalent man per year (mrem/year) or less. In 1995, DOE issued additional release requirements for material sent to a landfill that is not an authorized low-level radioactive waste disposal facility. Per guidance, the disposal site will be selected based on a risk/benefit assessment under the As-Low-As-Reasonably-Achievable (ALARA) process while ensuring that individual doses to the public are less than 25 mrem in a year, ground water is protected, the release would not necessitate further remedial action for the disposal site, and the release is coordinated with all appropriate authorities. The 1995 release requirements also state that Authorized Limits may be approved by DOE field office managers without DOE headquarters (EH-1) approval if a reasonably conservative dose assessment demonstrates that: (1) Public doses will not exceed one mrem per year individually or 10 person-rem/year collectively; (2) Appropriate record keeping and data collection procedures are in place; (3) Copies of the release evaluation and procedures are properly maintained; and (4) Coordination with all applicable state and federal agencies is documented. Based on the above guidelines, this report uses one mrem/year for individual members of the public and 10 person-rem/year for the collective population as upper-bound doses for the determination of Authorized Limits.

2015 OTC Conference Review The effects of oil price volatility on operators and service companies, technological advances, safety and environmental risks, economic and regulatory impacts, and sustainability were highlighted in the sessions and discussions during the annual Offshore Technology Conference (OTC) held 4–7 May in Houston. More than 94,700 attendees from 130 countries gathered to exchange ideas and opinions. It is the sixth largest attendance in the conference’s 47-year history. This year’s conference also had 2,682 companies exhibiting, up from 2,568 in 2014, representing 37 countries. International companies made up 42% of exhibitors. The event featured 11 panel sessions, 29 executive keynote presentations at luncheons and breakfasts, and nearly 300 technical paper presentations. Speakers from major, independent, and national oil companies, federal and regional government officials, and academics presented their views on a variety of topics such as future industry directions, operational integrity, and risk management. North American Energy Outlook The North American energy outlook, simultaneously reflecting surging production and resource abundance and the uncertainty surrounding the steep decline in oil prices, Mexican energy reform, and the future shape of regulation, was the focus of panelists from Canada, Mexico, and the United States in one of the sessions. Gamal Hassan, chief executive officer (CEO) of ADH International, described North America as being “at an inflection point in energy” and said, “The biggest question is how the US [industry] will restructure itself.” Gustavo Hernandez-Garcia, director general of Pemex Exploration and Production, forecast a moderate recovery in oil prices late this year through 2016 but with significant long-term risks. Addressing the changes at Pemex as Mexico undertakes industry reform, Hernandez said the company needs to improve its cash flow, is divesting itself of noncore assets, and is looking to acquire complementary assets “on the cheap” while prices are down. “We are trying to produce more value barrels rather than just volume,” he said. Hernandez outlined three possible outcomes for Mexican energy reform: 1) Achieving full potential and being competitive in the market; 2) Mixed results with part of the company being market competitive and part continuing to rely on state support; and 3) Unrealized potential because of “slow-motion implementation.” He said that Pemex prefers the first scenario. Paula Gant, deputy assistant secretary for oil and natural gas at the US Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy, stressed the importance of the ongoing trilateral cooperation on energy between the US, Canada, and Mexico and pointed to “the robust and resilient infrastructure” of the three countries’ energy systems. The continent’s oil and gas resources are abundant, and the US DOE is focused on the three countries “working together to maximize this regional abundance,” Gant said. To achieve the potential held by the continent’s resource base depends on maintaining public confidence, and the US DOE plays a critical role in this by providing “a solid scientific base” for public policy decisions, Gant said. David Ramsay, government minister of the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada, spoke on unlocking the energy potential of the territorial area. The NWT hold shale oil resources estimated at 3 billion to 5 billion bbl, and Trans- Canada’s proposed Mackenzie Gas Project would build a 750-mile pipeline to link 80 Tcf of natural gas in place in the NWT with North American markets, he said.

Westinghouse Hanford Company (WHC) is the Integrating Contractor for the Hanford Waste Vitrification Plant (HWVP) Project, and as such is responsible for preparation of the HWVP Preliminary Safety Analysis Report (PSAR). The HWVP PSAR was prepared pursuant to the requirements for safety analyses contained in US Department of Energy (DOE) Orders 4700.1, Project Management System (DOE 1987); 5480.5, Safety of Nuclear Facilities (DOE 1986a); 5481.lB, Safety Analysis and Review System (DOE 1986b) which was superseded by DOE order 5480-23, Nuclear Safety Analysis Reports, for nuclear facilities effective April 30, 1992 (DOE 1992); and 6430.lA, General Design Criteria (DOE 1989). The WHC procedures that, in large part, implement these DOE requirements are contained in WHC-CM-4-46, Nonreactor Facility Safety Analysis Manual. This manual describes the overall WHC safety analysis process in terms of requirements for safety analyses, responsibilities of the various contributing organizations, and required reviews and approvals.

There has been a need for a faster and cheaper deployment model for information technology (IT) solutions to address waste management needs at US Department of Energy (DOE) complex sites for years. Budget constraints, challenges in deploying new technologies, frequent travel, and increased job demands for existing employees have prevented IT organizations from staying abreast of new technologies or deploying them quickly. Despite such challenges, IT organizations have added significant value to waste management handling through better worker safety, tracking, characterization, and disposition at DOE complex sites. Systems developed for site-specific missions have broad applicability to waste management challenges and in many cases have been expanded to meet other waste missions. Radio frequency identification (RFID) and global positioning satellite (GPS)-enabled solutions have reduced the risk of radiation exposure and safety risks. New web-based and mobile applications have enabled precision characterization and control of nuclear materials. These solutions have also improved operational efficiencies and shortened schedules, reduced cost, and improved regulatory compliance. Collaboration between US Department of Energy (DOE) complex sites is improving time to delivery and cost efficiencies for waste management missions with new information technologies (IT) such as wireless computing, global positioning satellite (GPS), and radio frequency identification (RFID). Integrated solutions developed at separate DOE complex sites by new technology Centers of Excellence (CoE) have increased material control and accountability, worker safety, and environmental sustainability. CoEs offer other DOE sister sites significant cost and time savings by leveraging their technology expertise in project scoping, implementation, and ongoing operations.