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Minutes of the March 27, 2002 Board meeting at Los Alamos Site Operations Presentation LANL, Overlook of Ecological Risk Assessment, Rich Mirenda

The Secretary of Energy’s Office of Independent Oversight and Performance Assurance (OA) conducted an inspection of environment, safety, and health (ES&H) management at the Department of Energy (DOE) Hanford Site in January-February 2002.

Personnel Security Clearances and Badge Access Controls at Department Headquarters

Inspection of Training Issues at the Rocky Flats Field Office

Review of the Headquarters Facilities Emergency Response Plans

Transmission System Vegetation Management Program

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has prepared an Environmental Assessment (EA), DOE/EA-1405, for retrieval of transuranic waste from the 218-W-4B and 218-W-4C low-level burial grounds located in the 200 West Area of the Hanford Site, Richland, Washington.

Transuranic Waste Retrieval from the 218-W-4B and 218-W-4C Low-Level Burial Grounds

The Office of Inspector General (OIG), U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), initiated an inspection into the facts and circumstances surrounding the issuance of a trade secret license in June 2000 by Sandia National Laboratories (Sandia) at Livermore, California, to Axsun Technologies (Axsun), a private company. This inspection was initiated after the OIG received allegations that the issuance of the Axsun license was in violation of both DOE policy and the requirements of Sandia’s management and operating contract. It was alleged that Sandia had been advised for many years that DOE policy prohibited the national laboratories from creating, maintaining or marketing trade secrets. The allegation suggested that the licensing of trade secrets by Sandia had been prevalent over the years, and that the Axsun license was only the most recent in a history of willful misconduct by the laboratory.

Licensing of Trade Secrets by Sandia National Laboratories Trade Secrets