Local elected officials toured the U.S. Department of Energy’s Energy Technology Engineering Center at Santa Susana Field Laboratory earlier this month.
Office of Environmental Management
May 13, 2025
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Pictured from left, Josh Mengers, federal project director for the Energy Technology Engineering Center; Eric Lundstrom, Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District director; and Joseph D. Ayala, Simi Valley City Council member.
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. — Local elected officials toured the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Energy Technology Engineering Center (ETEC) at Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) earlier this month.
Attendees for the May 6 site tour included Simi Valley City Councilmember Joseph D. Ayala, Simi Valley City Manager Samantha Argabrite and Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District Director Eric Lundstrom. DOE representatives were Josh Mengers, federal project director for ETEC; Pamela Hartman, federal deputy project director for ETEC; Melissa Simon, community outreach manager for ETEC; and DOE contractors Lucas Ray and Stewart Williford.
U.S. Department of Energy contractor Stewart Williford, wearing a yellow vest, explains an air monitoring system during a May 6 site tour with local elected officials at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory.
Josh Mengers, federal project director for the Energy Technology Engineering Center, provides an overview of the U.S. Department of Energy’s past operations at the Santa Susana Field Laboratory during a May 6 site tour with local elected officials.
During the tour, Mengers gave an overview of SSFL, ETEC’s past operations, and cleanup at the site, including already completed remediation, current progress and next steps. Attendees visited milkvetch hill, the Sodium Reactor Experiment, Hazardous Materials Storage Area and Former Sodium Disposal Facility.
SSFL is a 2,850-acre former rocket engine and nuclear research facility comprised of four operational areas. DOE’s Office of Environmental Management is charged with remediation in Area IV, where ETEC previously operated.
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