Subsurface Contamination Remediation. Accomplishments of the Environmental Management Science Program

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by  Edgar Berkey and Tiffany Zachry (Eds.)

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Preface
Research on remediation of subsurface contamination is helping to
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The chapters in this book provide a cross-section of some of the
most significant projects in the subsurface science component of the
EMSP. They are organized into three sections that focus on the core
problems of remediation: characterization, modeling of fate and trans­
port, and monitoring.
We appreciate the opportunity to participate in this book project, made
possible by the EMSP. Funding from the EMSP supported the research
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projects presented in this book as well as the administrative effort to
organize the symposium a nd t he e ditorial w ork r equired top repare t his
proceedings volume. We also thank the EMSP principal investigators
and their colleagues, who diligently worked to provide clear, concise,
and thorough explanations of their work for this publication; in so
doing, these authors have made this book a successful representation
of their scientific accomplishments, and thus, we hope, a useful resource
for the scientific community.
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Chapter 1
Subsurface Contamination Remediation:
Accomplishments of the Environmental Management
Science Program
Roland F. Hirsch
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some unique contaminants and environments. The EMSP is
responsible for basic research to help overcome these
challenges. The projects described in this volume are
addressing modeling, immobilization and extraction of
contaminants, characterization, and monitoring. Thus, they
represent a good cross section of the EMSP program in
subsurface science. The progress reported in each chapter
gives confidence that scientific research will contribute to the
solution of many of the major problems facing the DOE
cleanup program.
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Overview
Research and development of nuclear weapons in the United States began
around sixty-five years ago and was followed in the early 1940s by development
of large-scale facilities for production of these weapons. The wastes generated
in the research and production activities generally were disposed of according to
the best practices of the time, although the pressures of wartime (during World
War II as well as the Cold War that followed) did not always allow adequate
time for determination of optimal disposal procedures.
These wastes contained a great variety of components, including, for
example, radionuclides of the actinide elements and the fission products, heavy
metals such as mercury, and organic compounds used in the processing of
materials used in the weapons. Much of the highly radioactive wastes was
stored in underground tanks, which have in many cases developed leaks as they
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managing basic research programs in many relevant areas of science was allied
with EM's knowledge of the cleanup problems. The budget for the EMSP was
in the EM Office of Science and Technology from 1996 until 2003, when it was
transferred to the Office of Biological and Environmental Research in SC.
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From the outset, the projects supported by the EMSP have been in a wide
range of scientific disciplines and have carried out research relating to many of
the components of the cleanup program The majority of the projects, however,
involve research relating to high-level radioactive waste or to subsurface
contamination. In Fiscal Year 2005, about 40 projects address the former area
and 60 the latter, with another 10 projects in the other EM areas.
Program notices inviting research proposals for the EMSP have stressed
collaboration among investigators across disciplinary lines and at different
institutions. Thus, while the lead institution for 65 of the current projects is a
DOE National Laboratory and for 40 of them a university (the rest are at
companies, research institutes, or other Federal agency laboratories), many of
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stable under the typical underground conditions. The quantities that are known
to be underground are sufficient to contaminate billions of gallons of water at
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