The Environmental Management Core Laboratories - A Collaborative Effort to Enhance Cleanup

摘要

Acknowledging that the magnitude and diversity of the critical issues facing the DOE-EM cannot be addressed byrna single institution, the Laboratory Directors established the EM Core Laboratories. This collaborative network ensures thatrnthe best available resources are addressing environmental quality issues through the introduction of critical new science andrntechnology. Based upon the Top-to-Bottom Review, the EM program is shifting the focus of its cleanup efforts to acceleraternschedules to reduce cost and the most significant risks. To facilitate this acceleration, the Office of Science and Technologyrnhas restructured their research and development program towards two new thrust. These thrusts, Closure Site Support andrnAlternatives Development, are aimed at the high priority needs to support the re-baselined cleanup program. The EM CorernLaboratories are well positioned to ensure the successful implementation of this new direction.