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Fast Flux Test Reactor: Re-evaluation of the Department’s Approach to Deactivation, Decontamination, and Decommissioning

Tucson Electric Power Company Sahuarita-Nogales Transmission Line

Tucson Electric Power Company Sahuarita-Nogales Transmission Line

The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2000 provides that beginning in the year 2000 and ending in the year 2007, the President shall annually submit to Congress a report by the Inspectors General of, at a minimum, the Departments of Energy (Energy), Commerce (Commerce), Defense (Defense), and State (State) of the policies and procedures of the United States Government with respect to the export of technologies and technical information with potential military application to countries and entities of concern. The NDAA for FY 2001 also requires the Inspectors General to include in each annual report the status of the implementation or disposition of recommendations that were set forth in previous annual reports.Kx

The Office of Inspector General (OIG) received an anonymous complaint involving an “anthrax” (Bacillus anthracis, Ames strain) spore research project at the Department of Energy’s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). Specifically, it was alleged that: • A former ORNL employee who returned to ORNL as a Guest Researcher used a specific laboratory and its equipment without authorization to conduct research on anthrax spores; and, • The research with anthrax spores created a safety concern because the Guest Researcher used the same equipment as other laboratory workers.nt/4

Concerns Regarding a Non-Viable (Dead)“Anthrax Spore” Research Project at theOak Ridge National Laboratory

Ground Water Compliance at the Monument Valley, Arizona, Uranium Mill Tailings Site

Ground Water Compliance at the Monument Valley, Arizona, Uranium Mill Tailings Site

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing ground water compliance strategies for the alluvial and De Chelly aquifers at the Monument Valley, Arizona, Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) site. Although a compliance strategy is proposed for the De Chelly aquifer because of an isolated area of contamination, the focus of this environmental assessment (EA) is the alluvial (uppermost) aquifer.1 Pilot studies will be conducted for only the alluvial aquifer prior to implementation of the proposed compliance strategies.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is proposing ground water compliance strategies for the alluvial and De Chelly aquifers at the Monument Valley, Arizona, Uranium Mill Tailings Radiation Control Act (UMTRCA) site. Although a compliance strategy is proposed for the De Chelly aquifer because of an isolated area of contamination, the focus of this environmental assessment (EA) is the alluvial (uppermost) aquifer. Pilot studies will be conducted for only the alluvial aquifer prior to implementation of the proposed compliance strategies.