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Recently, the U.S. Government has become increasingly sensitive to the potential for terrorists to use certain materials as weapons of mass destruction. A report completed by the Central Intelligence Agency stated that “The threat from terrorists using a weapon of mass destruction has increased since Sept. 11, and extremist groups appear most interested in chemicals like cyanide.” For example, in February 2002, four suspected terrorists were arrested in Italy in possession of cyanide and maps of Rome pinpointing the U.S. Embassy and the city’s drinking water network.

Actions Taken in Response to Missing Hazardous Waste Containing Cyanide

This work described in this report was coordinated by the Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution under Contract No. DE AC03-76SF00098.

This work described in this report was coordinated by the Consortium for Electric Reliability Technology Solutions and funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Electric Transmission and Distribution under Contract No. DE AC03-76SF00098.

The Federal Government in Petroleum Research, 1918-1983

The DOE proposes to construct and operate a new research facility at SLAC, the Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS), as a collaborative effort with other DOE facilities.

East Altamont Energy Center, LLC (EAEC LLC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Calpine Corporation applied to the Department of Energy (DOE), Western Area Power Administration (Western) to interconnect the East Altamont Energy Center (EAEC), a 1100-megawatt (MW) natural gas-fired power plant, to Western’s Tracy Substation. EAEC LLC intends to serve competitive regional markets in California with power from the EAEC. Western proposes to make modifications at its Tracy Substation to accommodate the interconnection. The EAEC is a merchant plant which means that it would be independent of other generators and that the power generated would serve the open market rather than any particular utility or load. All financial responsibility for the EAEC would be borne by EAEC LLC.

Linac Coherent Light Source Project, Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Menlo Park, California

East Altamont Energy Center, Alameda County, California