EM Banner


Nuclear Cleanup in California


Select for larger view.
1 Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL)
Is composed of two sites: Main Site and Site 300
The Main site occupies 1 square mile, 50 miles east of San Francisco
Site 300 occupies approximately 11 square miles, 15 miles southeast of the Main Site
Current mission is to perform research, testing, and development that focuses on national defense and security, energy, the environment, and biomedicine

Select for larger view.
2 Energy Technology Engineering Center
Occupies 90 acres outside of Los Angeles
Established for nuclear reactor development and testing in the mid-1960s
OTHER SITES
3 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory - 134 acre site used for energy research experimentation
4 Sandia National Laboratories (CA) - 413 acre site adjacent to LLNL that conducted nuclear weapons development and engineering research, excluding nuclear materials
5 Laboratory for Energy-Related Health Research - 15 acre site where the health effects due to radiation exposure were studied.
6 General Atomics - 120 acre site that supported nuclear reactor testing
7 Stanford Linear Accelerator Center - 426 acre site that was established in 1962 as a research facility for high energy particle physics
8 General Electric Vallecitos Nuclear Center - 1,600 acre site containing a radioactive materials laboratory that supported nuclear reactor development
9 Geothermal Test Facility - 82 acre site used for geothermal resources development
10 Oxnard Site - 14 acre site that made farm equipment and weapons components


Public Participation and the FY 1999
EM Budget Development Process
The Office of Environmental Management currently is formulating its FY 1999 budget and encourages public comment. The public comment period is open through July 18, 1997.

The current outyear targets for EM are $5.5 billion for FY 1999 through FY 2002, plus specified additional amounts for privatization. The Office of Management and Budget will re-examine these targets for the program for FY 1999 and beyond based on EM’s analyses of the program at $5.5 and $6.0 billion planning levels. Additionally, the recent agreement between the President and the Congressional leadership to balance the Federal budget by 2002 will directly affect the level of the EM budget for FY 1999 through FY 2002. Future budgets for EM will be required to be consistent with this agreement.

EM is proposing a strategy to accelerate site cleanup and improve productivity, with a focus on completing work at as many sites as possible by 2006. Stated goals are selected summaries of the proposals for acceleration contained in the discussion drafts of the EM site plans accompanying the EM report, Accelerating Cleanup: Focus on 2006, which is available for public comment.

All environmental restoration activities at sites in the state of California will be completed by 2006. Long-term surveillance and monitoring will continue at many sites.

Sites Managed by the Oakland Operations Office

For further information contact Mr. Ronnie Duvall (510) 637-1605
Sites Managed by the Rocky Flats Operations Office

For further information contact Mr. Mike Konzal (303) 966-7095
Sites Managed by the Albuquerque Operations Office

For further information contact Ms. Tracy Loughead (505) 845-5977


Accomplishment of EM goals depends on achievement of enhanced performance objectives, future funding levels, and Departmental programmatic decisions. EM is committed to full compliance with environmental and other legal requirements. The Department of Energy will request sufficient funds to comply with environmental requirements. EM also intends to meet its commitments to the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board. EM could achieve compliance at the $6.0 billion planning scenario at all sites if enhanced performances are achieved, but schedule and funding modifications may be necessary at some sites. At the $5.5 billion planning level, achieving compliance would be more difficult at several sites even with enhanced performance, and many other high-priority activities would not be possible.

EM HOME  |  DOE HOME  |  SEARCH  |  WEBSITE OUTLINE
FEEDBACK  |  ACCESSIBILITY  | 
PRIVACY AND SECURITY NOTICE 


Last Updated 06/17/97 (mas)