DOE is responsible for what has been described as the largest, most complex, and diverse collection of environmental remediation challenges in the nation. While some of the problems are tractable and require only time and money to resolve, a large fraction of them cannot be resolved with existing knowledge and technology. It is the need for solutions to this subset of environmental remediation problems that drives this research program.
ERSP supports a long-term measure, adopted in 2005, that by 2015, the Division will "provide sufficient scientific understanding such that DOE sites would be able to incorporate physical, chemical and biological processes into decision making for environmental remediation and long-term stewardship." Progress toward this long-term goal is evaluated by quarterly, annual and long-term measures through the Administration's Performance Assessment Rating Tool (PART). For more information on PART and on this specific measure, see the Office of Science PART page. For information on ERSP's specific annual and quarterly milestones in support of PART, see the ERSP Annual and Quarterly Milestones page.
ERSP is committed to seeking input from the scientific community and providing management that is predictable and transparent to support the overall scientific community and advance DOE's mission in environmental remediation by addressing DOE environmental remediation challenges that can benefit from long-term basic scientific research.
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