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U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science
Office of Biological & Environmental Research
Biological and Environmental Research Advisory Committee
Roland F. HirschApril 30, 2003
Environmental Management Science Program
Office of Science
U.S. Department of Energy
EMSP Goals
•Provide scientific knowledge that will revolutionize technologies and clean-up approaches to significantly reduce future costs, schedules, and risks
•“Bridge the gap” between broad fundamental research that has wide-ranging applicability such as that performed in DOE’s Office of Science and needs-driven applied technology development that is conducted in other parts of the agency and in the private sector
•Focus the Nation’s science infrastructure on critical DOE environmental management problems
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Brief History of the EMSP
A response to an early recommendation to EM (Galvin Report, 1995)
Implemented in Fiscal Year 1996, first grants awarded August 1996 Initial annual budget of $50 million Jointly managed by SC and EM since its inception Since 1998 Notices targeted at EM needs (e.g., HLW, subsurface,
D&D) To date has supported:
361 research projects at 97 universities and 33 laboratories In 40 States and 7 countries Over 550 university students at all levels Over 1100 peer-reviewed articles and presentations More than 30 projects that were deployed or commercialized
Current budget is $30 million
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U.S. Department of Energy From the 1995 Galvin Commission Report
On the Department of Energy Laboratories
There is a particular need for long term, basic
research in disciplines related to environmental
cleanup … Adopting a science-based approach that
includes supporting development of technologies
and expertise … could lead to both reduced cleanup
costs and smaller environmental impacts at existing
sites and to the development of a scientific
foundation for advances in environmental
technologies.
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U.S. Department of Energy
What Congress said in the FY 1997 Energy &
Water Development Appropriation Report
The conferees are pleased with the progress to date in implementing the environmental basic research program. In a recent review by the National Research Council, the Council endorsed this program and acknowledged ‘… establishment of this mission-directed, basic research program as both an urgent and a prudent investment for the nation.’ The National Research Council report further notes that the ‘… long-term success of this program is highly dependent on the continuing partnership between EM, which understands the cleanup problems and research needs, and ER, which, through its mission to manage the department’s basic research programs, understands how to select and manage research.’ The committee endorses the efforts by EM and ER staff to work together and encourages them to continue their efforts to build an effective Environmental Management Science Program.
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EMSP Projects by Discipline, FY 2002
Chemistry42%
Geosciences30%
Materials Science
9%
Engineering & Robotics
9%
Biosciences9%
Other1%
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EMSP Projects by Environmental Topic, FY 2002
HLW33%
Mixed Wastes3%
D&D16%Health/Risk
8%
Nuclear Wasteforms &
SNF6%
Subsurface Contaminants
34%
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U.S. Department of Energy
Some EMSP Accomplishments
Collaborative research a reality: a majority of EMSP
projects are collaborations between scientists at two or
more institutions, usually a DOE laboratory and a
university or company
Collaboration between EM and SC working well
Improved communication between scientists and site
managers
Many of the most prominent researchers in key disciplines
are leading research directed at solving EM cleanup
problems
At the same time, many young researchers are becoming
involved: in 2001-2002 about 20% of lead PIs were in the
first ten years after their Ph.D.
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U.S. Department of Energy
Personnel Monitor for Radon and Thoron
Deployed at the Fernald Site
Naomi Harley, New York University Medical School
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U.S. Department of Energy
Replacing a failed cesium separation process
For use at Savannah River Site
Bruce Moyer, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
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Suppressor Tri-n-octylamine
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Diluent Isopar® L
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U.S. Department of Energy
X-ray microscopy defines where and how Cs+ and how Cs+ reacts with the mineral phase
SX-108 sediment was placed in KNO3 electrolyte and the desorption rate measured
Measurements and models of 137Cs+ desorption kinetics and extent showed that 137Cs+ would not migrate to groundwater in Hanford’s S-SX
tank farm in a 10 half-life period.
John Zachara, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
A slab diffusion ion exchange model describes 137Cs+ release kinetics to water
Contaminated mica particles were removed from sediment cross sectioned and imaged at 2 µm resolution
sample placed in K+ electrolyte (0.5 mol/L)
electrolyte increased to 2 mol/L
A scientific basis for predicting migration of cesium-137 leaked from high level waste
tanks
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U.S. Department of Energy
National Research Council Reports
Building an Effective Environmental Management Science Program, 1997
Letter Report on Subsurface Contamination Research, 1998
Seeing into the Earth: Noninvasive Characterization of the Shallow Subsurface for Environmental and Engineering Applications, 2000
Research Needs in Subsurface Science, 2000
Long-Term Research Needs for High-Level Waste at Department of Energy Sites: Interim Report, 2000
Long-Term Research Needs on Deactivation and Decommissioning at DOE Sites, 2000
Research Opportunities for Deactivating and Decommissioning Department of Energy Facilities, 2001
Research Needs for High-Level Waste Stored in Tanks and Bins at U.S. Department of Energy Sites, 2001
A Strategic Vision for Department of Energy Environmental Quality Research and Development, 2001
Research Opportunities for Managing DOE's Transuranic and Mixed Wastes, 2002
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The EMSP Web Site
http://emsp.em.doe.gov/
Links to:
Funding, contacts, interim and final reports for every project, easily searchable
Accomplishments
Research needs and solicitations
Internal and external reports