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5. Programmatic Recommendations
5. Programmatic Recommendations
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A Vision Statement for the EMSP The EMSP was created by the 1 04th Congress to "stimulate basic research, development, and demonstration efforts to seek new and innovative cleanup methods to replace current conventional approaches, which are often costly and ineffective." Accordingly, EMSP research is needs driven or mission directed (NRC, 1997~.2 The EMSP has the Conference report accompanying the Energy and Water Appropriations Bill (Publ ic Law 104-46, 1995)
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The proposed EMSP vision statement is as follows: Provide scientific knowledge to allow dramatic improvements in worker safety, cost, and schedule for meeting the national need to clean up DOE sites while protecting public health and the environment. In doing this, the EMSP wi// be recognized as a key partner by the focus areas and DOE sites, will be supported by Congress and stakeholders, and will be preparing and developing qualified scientists for future DOE program needs.
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The committee saw a variety of needs lists, particularly those from the site technology coordinating groups (STCGs) , but most lists were too narrow, short term, or site specific to help determine where basic research could be helpful.
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For the EMSP to succeed in the D&D area, where site contractors are reluctant to adopt new technologies, collaborations not only among scientists the problem solvers but also with contractors the problem holders wi l l be necessary. In the D&D area the committee believes that the EMSP has not yet significantly engaged the scientific community.
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EM is missing the opportunity to engage technical personnel at the front line of the cleanup effort in identifying longer-term needs and in providing guidance and assistance in developing fundamentally better ways to do the job. The committee recommends that EM should encourage the contractors and DOE site management to take a broader, long-term perspective of D&D needs for work to be performed in ten years or more, so that technology solutions can be developed that provide greatly improved D&D operational capabilities.
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Continuing involvement of contractor personnel with the research team throughout the research program should provide positive benefits to both parties. Framing and Prioritizing Needs Although the OST has made substantial improvements in D&D technology needs identification, after hearing presentations from site technology coordinating groups during its fact finding, the committee feels the process is not being fully utilized and that there may be ways to further strengthen it, as follows: Step 1 .
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. Data required include a standard project description; a description of distinct physical tasks for that project; planning experience including technology transfer, degree of direct operator involvement, and operator training requirements; deployment issues associated with the proposed technology; and comments on the requirements to drive the needed science.
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. Continued funding will be required to generate interest in the scientific community and to instill confidence in the potential users that promising technical areas will be brought to fruition (EMAB, 2001)
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Personnel exchanges between operating sites and research organizations should also be considered. The committee recommends that OST increase efforts to transition basic research to a deployable product by improving communications and cooperation among the researchers, DOE laboratories, and the contractors performing D&D.
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Currently, nearly half of this market is in the United States; in 1996 only 6 percent of the global market was exported to world economies (Mofat and Roa, 1996~. The market for environmental technology and science and engineering expertise is broadly acknowledged by the business community and is expected to continue to grow as issues of environmental sustainability and green technology become more engrained in international policy and in public perception (Amato, 2000~.
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