The EERC's contaminant cleanup and site remediation work is directed at technologies and management
practices that will provide final solutions for all combinations of mixed wastes for soil and water, as
well as restore sites at a manageable cost.
Environmental Management
The EERC played a key role in the U.S. Department of Energy Environmental Management (EM) Program by serving as a broker to
bring together the developers and potential users of novel technologies while providing the technical
support needed to facilitate commercialization. Since its defederalization more than a decade ago, the
EERC has nurtured responsive relationships with industry and government through scores of joint venture
research projects, which now allows the EERC to meet urgent needs for credible market-driven partnerships
that offer better, faster, and cheaper EM technologies and access to cleanup sites.
The EERC has capabilities for addressing priority needs in the following DOE-designated focus areas:
- Contaminated groundwater plumes
- Mixed wastes
- Tank wastes
- Landfill stabilization
- Decontamination and disposal of contaminated equipment
Research Activities
- Environmental microbiology
- Remediation technology development
- Analytical methods development for environmental contaminants
- Coal, uranium, and metal mine reclamation
- Applied geology