COMMUNICATION ACROSS THE BLACK SEA VIA INTERNET TECHNOLOGY

摘要

The U.S.Department of Energy.s (DOE.s) Office of International Affairs has been joined by an interagency task force to undertake a program in the Black Sea region called the .Black Sea Environmental Initiative..The objectives of the task force are to support the countries of the region to address signifi-cant Black Sea environmental issues,including oil spill response and prevention.Working with delegates from Bulgaria,Georgia,Romania,Russia,Turkey,and Ukraine,DOE and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) coordinated a workshop on a regional oil spill emergency response system for the Black Sea on September 14.17,1999 in Odessa,Ukraine;DOE and the National Acad-emy of Science,Ukraine cosponsored the workshop.The .Black Sea Environmental Information Center.Web site was unveiled at the Odessa workshop.Created by ORNL,the Web site (http://pims.ed.ornl.gov/blacksea) facilitates information flow and dialog between the countries of the region.The Web site is intended to provide a comprehensive source for information on: Oil spill cleanup,monitoring,and related commercial technologies Scientists.requests for research partner Various countries.laws,regulations,and standards relat-ing to the environmental condition of the Black Sea Publication of scientific papers and on-line discussions of these issue Individuals and companies working on Black Sea environ-mental issues The Web site also provides a real time chat capability where meetings are organized.Several meetings among regional offi-cials have been conducted and planning is underway for the first real-time training session,which will be held in the next few months.The Web site also is host to a growing database of his-torical pollution testing data from research institutes around the Black Sea.