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UTILIZING THE CAPABILITIES OF THE RESEARCH INFRASTRUCTURE
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... Attracting the Best Researchers The objective of the EMSP is to foster "knowledge breakthroughs"8 that wall be of long-term value to cleanup of the weapons complex. Although a properly managed basic research program can produce such breakthroughs, it is difficult, if not impossible, to predict where these The committee uses the term "breakthrough" advisedly, because most advances in knowledge are incremental in nature.
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... The nation's best scientists can be found in a broad spectrum of research institutions—universities, industry, national laboratories, and other federal agencies and these researchers and their institutions have unique strengths that can be tapped for the EMSP: . National laboratory researchers: Many national laboratory researchers are familiar with the weapons complex and the cleanup mission, and they possess specialized knowledge, equipment, and analytical and monitoring capabilities.
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... researchers are at the forefront in certain areas of health effects research. In addition, other nations are dealing with radioactive waste and chemical cleanup problems, and the international research community has expertise in both generic basic research and site-specific, problem-oriented research of potential value to the EMSP.
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... Much of the information in these reports, however, addresses nearterm needs and is not organized or written to be easily accessible to researchers . To improve the communication of EM's problems to researchers, the committee recommends that DOE prepare concise written technical summaries of its basic research needs for the research community.
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... The committee also recommends that DOE consider other ways to give researchers information about contaminated sites, for example, by providing site-specific briefings to researchers on problems and needs so that they can familiarize themselves with the cleanup challenges and establish lines of communication with the "problem holders" and potential users of their research, or by supporting informal interactions between researchers at national laboratories and those in universities who are studying similar problems, through mechanisms such as workshop and seminar programs at cleanup sites or national laboratories. In soliciting research proposals for the EMSP, DOE should take advantage of the potential value added from field research conduct at nonDOE sites.
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