Environmental Remediation Sciences SC 23'4

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Environmental Remediation Sciences (SC 23.4)

• BER Advisory Committee
• Fall 2005

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In the last 12 months

• Personnel
• Teresa Fryberger on detail to OSTP
• Ray Wildung Drew Tait departed
• Two additional positions established advertised
• EMSP Subsurface callNABIR Biomolecular call
• Review of EMSL
• BERAC SC Office of Project Assessment
• ERSD was directed to reorganize and had its FY
  2006 budget reduced

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Update on budget

• 9.762 M reduction in FY 2006 eliminates all
  funding to SREL (7.8M) and surficial science.
• SREL received 1M of FY 2006 funds
• PNNL receives additional 3.5M for EMSL capital
  equipment from available funds
• Environmental Remediation Research Program
  combines NABIR EMSP

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SC 23.4 Long-Term Measure

• By 2015, provide sufficient scientific
  understanding to allow a significant fraction of
  DOE sites to incorporate coupled biological,
  chemical and physical processes into decision
  making for environmental remediation and
  long-term stewardship. NOTE new version of
  goal -- OMB review pending

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Accomplishing through..

• Supporting research on key DOE contaminants
• Encouraging research that addresses real-world
  (i.e., field-scale) issues across scales and
  disciplines
• Collaborating with DOE offices of
• Environmental Management
• Legacy Management
• Civilian Radioactive Waste Management
• Encouraging PI collaboration with sites/problem
  holders and other federal agencies

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SC 23.4 Science Themes
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Increased emphasis on field research
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Highlights AccomplishmentsField research
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Highlights AccomplishmentsFundamental science
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Highlights AccomplishmentsSite applications
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Reorganized ERSD will meet its long-term measure
by

• Supporting critical areas of science
• Integrating the research program
• Emphasizing scaling and application to field
  scale
• Funding research that supports ERSD long-term
  goal and DOE clean-up mission
• Providing annual funding opportunities for all
  areas within its scope
• Increasing ceilings on award amounts

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ERSD Integrating Vision
Modeling High-performance computing
Characterization Monitoring
Field Research
Microbiology, Ecology, Geochemistry
Molecular ScienceEMSL, Light Sources
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Questions?