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This analysis employs an organizing scheme that provides a direct linkage between basic research in the EM Science Program and applied technology development in DOE's Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area. The committee also reviewed related research programs in other DOE offices and other federal agencies (see Chapter 4)
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Given the long Given the long-term term nature of the cleanup mission and its projected cost the program nature of the cleanup is planned to last until 2070 and cost on the order of $200 billion the mission and its project- committee believes that DOE has sufficient time to do the basic ed cost...the commit- research required to support the development and deployment of new tee believes that DOE cleanup technologies. has sufficient time to do the basic research required to support EM Science Program Research Portfolio the development and deployment of new Since its establ ishment by Congress, the program has held four pro cleanuptechnologies.
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. The committee concluded that there would be value-added to the EM Science Program and, ultimately, to DOE's cleanup efforts if there were better interagency coordination among these 18 research programs.
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Program Vision The EM Science Program has been in existence for almost four years, but there does not annear to be a clear and aureed-unon vision for th is program with ~ n Cot .
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The committee believes that basic research is needed to support the development of the following capabilities: it mp roved capabilities for characterizing the physical, chemical, and biological properties of the subsurface; improved capabilities for characterizing physical, chemical, and biological heterogeneity, especially at the scales that control contaminant fate and transport behavior; improved capabilities for measuring contaminant migration and system properties that control contaminant movement; methods to integrate data collected at different spatial and temporal scales to better estimate contaminant and subsurface properties and processes; and methods to integrate such data into conceptual models.
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Increasing reliance is being placed on containment and stabilization because DOE recognizes that cleanup at some sites is technically infeasible, or that contamination at some sites does not pose a high risk to humans or the environment. Basic research that supports the development of new waste containment and stabilization technologies cou Id lower the cost, accelerate regu latory approvals, and increase public confidence in solving subsurface contamination problems.
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Implementation The EM Science Program is a basic research program focused on very real DOE problems. The program's success will be measured both by its impact on advancing the science needed for site remediation and its impact on DOE site cleanup.
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Integrate existing data and ideas both from DOE sites and basic research programs outside DOE to promote advancements in subsurface science and improvements in capabilities for addressing DOE's subsurface contamination problems.
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The committee has no basis on which to recommend a specific funding level, and such a recommendation would be well beyond the committee's statement of task. The committee believes that it is the responsibility of program managers to estimate the amount of funding required to provide adequate support for a research program focused on the knowledge gaps presented in Chapter 5.
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the next decade and There must be strong scientific, technical, and management leader the research results are ship at all levels, from the EM Science Program up to and including the to be appliecl effective- assistant secretary for environmental management if significant progress iy to the DOE cleanup on closing knowledge gaps is to be made in the next decade and the program. research results are to be applied effectively to the DOE cleanup pro gram.
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