Technical Targets - A Tool to Support Strategic Planning in the Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area

摘要

The Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area (SCFA) is supported by a lead laboratory consisting of technical representatives from DOE laboratories across the country. This broadly representative scientific group has developed and implemented a process to define Technical Targets to assist the SCFA in strategic planning and in managing their environmental research and development portfolio. At an initial meeting in Golden Colorado, an initial set of Technical Targets was identified using a rapid consensus based technical triage process. Thirteen Technical Targets were identified and described. Vital scientific and technical objectives were generated for each target. The targets generally fall into one of the following five strategic investment categories: enhancing environmental stewardship, eliminating contaminant sources, isolating contaminants, controlling contaminant plumes, and enabling DOE's cleanup efforts.