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Follow-up Audit of Program Administration by the Office of Science

Minutes of the January 24, 2001 Board meeting at St. Vincent's Presentation LANL, Groundwater Update, Mat Johansen

The production of nuclear weapons materials by the Department of Energy and its predecessor agencies generated a significant amount of highly radioactive and hazardous waste. Much of this waste, approximately 54 million gallons, is stored in 177 underground tanks at the Hanford Site in southeastern Washington State. Hanford has the largest number of underground storage tanks in the Department of Energy complex and many of these tanks have already leaked or are suspected to have leaked radioactive waste into the ground. Tank waste radionuclides have reached the groundwater that flows into the Columbia River.

The Management of Tank Waste Remediation at the Hanford site

In 1994, the Department of Energy (Department) developed an approach that required its management and operating contractors to identify and evaluate all of their services to determine whether they could be obtained at a lower cost from an outside entity. The Department also recognized, however, that the unique nature of the work performed at national laboratories, such as Los Alamos National Laboratory (Los Alamos), would preclude some services from outsourcing consideration.

Outsourcing Opportunities at the Los Alamos National Laboratory

The Hanford Fire Department has developed this training to assist emergency responders in understanding the hazards in responding to events

Order authorizing Citizens Power Sales to export electric energy to Canada.