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Appendix E: Descriptions of Related Research and Development Programs
Appendix E: Descriptions of Related Research and Development Programs
Pages 149-159
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The program focuses on cleanup, compliance, conservation, and pollution prevention technologies. The development and application of innovative environmental technologies is intended to reduce costs, environmental risks, and/or the time required to resolve environmental problems in these areas while enhancing safety and health.
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The Mechanical and Environmental Sciences Division of the Army Research Office supports basic research related to the remediation and restoration of sites contaminated by Army actions and the use of military training lands. The Army Research Office also supports the Research and Technology Integration Directorate, which integrates scientific research and technology.
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The National Risk Management Research Laboratory conducts research into ways to prevent and reduce risks from pollution that threaten human health and the environment. The laboratory investigates methods and their cost-effectiveness for prevention and control of pollution to air, land, water, and subsurface resources; protection of water quality in public water systems; remediation of contaminated sites, sediments and groundwater; prevention and control of indoor air pollution; and restoration of ecosystems.
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This strategy focuses on the following research areas: contaminated groundwater, contaminated soils and the vadose zone, emissionsfrom waste combustion facilities, and active waste management facilities. The National Center for Clean Industrial and Treatment Technologies is a research consortium dedicated to advancing science, engineering, and pollution prevention, established through a base grant from EPA's Centers Program.
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U.S. GEOLOGICAL SURVEY The Toxic Substances Hydrology Program provides scientific information needed to improve characterization and management of contaminated sites, to protect human and environmental health, and to reduce potential future contamination problems.
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754 ~ Saga ~~n fir DOE Ames/ Offs R&D hydrologic environments, including surface water, groundwater, soH sediment and the atmosphere.
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For example, an MOU with the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission explored R&D in the earth sciences related to the management, disposal, and environmental remediation of nuclear and mixed wastes; site decommissioning reviews; uranium in situ mining; and uranium mill tailings at existing and future sites in the United States.
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The Division of Chemical and Transport Systems supports research that involves the development of fundamental engineering principles, process control and optimization strategies, mathematical models, and experimental techniques, with an emphasis on projects that have the potential for innovation and broad application in such areas as the environment, materials, and chemical processing. Special emphasis is on environmentally benign chemical and material processing.
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The Inorganic, Bioinorganic, and Organometallic Chemistry Program in the Chemistry Division supports research on synthesis, structure, and reaction mechanisms of molecules containing metals, metalloids, and nonmetals encompassing the entire periodic table of the elements. Included are studies of stoichiometric and homogeneous catalytic chemical reaction; bioinorganic and organometallic reagents and reaction; and the synthesis of new inorganic substances with predictable chemical, physical, and biological properties.
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For decommissioned power plants, site characterization and final site survey have also been costly elements of their decommissioning activities. Several technical areas have been identified where improved technology could be of considerable benefit to utilities with shutdown plants by reducing labor costs, personnel exposures, and radioactive waste.
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The Canadian National Research Council's Institute for Chemical Process and Environmental Technology funds research in the following areas: environmental management; chemical sensors; soil remediation, computational fluid dynamics and reactive flow modeling; and chemical process simulation, design, and economics. Chemical process simulation techniques are being investigated as tools for improving process design and developing clean technology for pollution prevention and waste reduction.
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