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Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area (SCFA) Lead Laboratory Providing Technical Assistance to the Dpe Weapons Complex in Subsurface Contamination.

DE2005831195

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Wright, J. A.; Corey, J. C.
Page Count	12
Abstract	The Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area (SCFA), a DOE-HQ EM-50 organization, is hosted and managed at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina. SCFA is an integrated program chartered to find technology and scientific solutions to address DOE subsurface environmental restoration problems throughout the DOE Weapons Complex. Since its inception in 1989, the SCFA program has resulted in a total of 269 deployments of 83 innovative technologies. Until recently, the primary thrust of the program has been to develop, demonstrate, and deploy those remediation technology alternatives that are solutions to technology needs identified by the DOE Sites. Over the last several years, the DOE Sites began to express a need not only for innovative technologies, but also for technical assistance. In response to this need, DOE-HQ EM-50, in collaboration with and in support of a Strategic Lab Council recommendation directed each of its Focus Areas to implement a Lead Laboratory Concept to enhance their technical capabilities. Because each Focus Area is unique as defined by the contrast in either the type of contaminants involved or the environments in which they are found, the Focus Areas were given latitude in how they set up and implemented the Lead Lab Concept. The configuration of choice for the SCFA was a Lead-Partner Lab arrangement. Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC) teamed with the SCFA as the Focus Area's Lead Laboratory. SRTC then partnered with the DOE National Laboratories to create a virtual consulting function within DOE. The National Laboratories were established to help solve the Nation's most difficult problems, drawing from a resource pool of the most talented and gifted scientists and engineers. Following that logic, SRTC, through the Lead-Partner Lab arrangement, has that same resource base to draw from to provide assistance to any SCFA DOE customer throughout the Complex. This paper briefly describes how this particular arrangement is organized and provides case histories that illustrate its strengths in solving problems and offering solutions. The program is designed to minimize red tape, maximize value, and to rapidly and cost effectively disseminate solutions to common problems facing the DOE.
Keywords	Contamination Environmental management Savannah River Plant Case histories US DOE Waste management Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area(SCFA) Technical assistance
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Savannah River Operations Office (AEC), Aiken, SC.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC. Savannah River Site.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC. Savannah River Site. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200520

Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area (SCFA) Lead Laboratory Providing Technical Assistance to the Dpe Weapons Complex in Subsurface Contamination.

Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area (SCFA) Lead Laboratory Providing Technical Assistance to the Dpe Weapons Complex in Subsurface Contamination.
DE2005831195

Publication Date	2002
Personal Author	Wright, J. A.; Corey, J. C.
Page Count	12
Abstract	The Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area (SCFA), a DOE-HQ EM-50 organization, is hosted and managed at the Savannah River Site in Aiken, South Carolina. SCFA is an integrated program chartered to find technology and scientific solutions to address DOE subsurface environmental restoration problems throughout the DOE Weapons Complex. Since its inception in 1989, the SCFA program has resulted in a total of 269 deployments of 83 innovative technologies. Until recently, the primary thrust of the program has been to develop, demonstrate, and deploy those remediation technology alternatives that are solutions to technology needs identified by the DOE Sites. Over the last several years, the DOE Sites began to express a need not only for innovative technologies, but also for technical assistance. In response to this need, DOE-HQ EM-50, in collaboration with and in support of a Strategic Lab Council recommendation directed each of its Focus Areas to implement a Lead Laboratory Concept to enhance their technical capabilities. Because each Focus Area is unique as defined by the contrast in either the type of contaminants involved or the environments in which they are found, the Focus Areas were given latitude in how they set up and implemented the Lead Lab Concept. The configuration of choice for the SCFA was a Lead-Partner Lab arrangement. Savannah River Technology Center (SRTC) teamed with the SCFA as the Focus Area's Lead Laboratory. SRTC then partnered with the DOE National Laboratories to create a virtual consulting function within DOE. The National Laboratories were established to help solve the Nation's most difficult problems, drawing from a resource pool of the most talented and gifted scientists and engineers. Following that logic, SRTC, through the Lead-Partner Lab arrangement, has that same resource base to draw from to provide assistance to any SCFA DOE customer throughout the Complex. This paper briefly describes how this particular arrangement is organized and provides case histories that illustrate its strengths in solving problems and offering solutions. The program is designed to minimize red tape, maximize value, and to rapidly and cost effectively disseminate solutions to common problems facing the DOE.
Keywords	Contamination Environmental management Savannah River Plant Case histories US DOE Waste management Subsurface Contaminants Focus Area(SCFA) Technical assistance
Source Agency	Technical Information Center Oak Ridge Tennessee
Corporate Authors	Savannah River Operations Office (AEC), Aiken, SC.; Department of Energy, Washington, DC.; Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC. Savannah River Site.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Westinghouse Savannah River Co., Aiken, SC. Savannah River Site. Sponsored by Department of Energy, Washington, DC.
Document Type	Technical Report
NTIS Issue Number	200520