[CPEO-MEF] Los Alamos (NM) safety violations

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

UC cited for safety violations at Los Alamos

By Ralph Vartabedian
Los Angeles Times
February 27, 2007

The Department of Energy on Monday cited the University of California 
for 15 violations of safety rules in 2005 involving nuclear weapons 
research at Los Alamos National Laboratory, including a case of 
mishandled materials where low levels of radiation were spread across 
several states.

The violations would have carried a $1.1-million fine, but federal law 
waves such penalties for certain nonprofit contractors. UC's contract to 
run Los Alamos expired last year, but it is the lead contractor in a 
consortium that operates the lab.

It is the largest number of violations in UC's history of running Los 
Alamos. The fine, even though it won't have to be paid, ranks as the 
largest civil penalty in the history of the Department of Energy's 
nuclear safety program, the agency said.


...

For the entire article, see
http://www.latimes.com/news/printedition/asection/la-na-fine27feb27,1,7704783.story

--


Lenny Siegel
Director, Center for Public Environmental Oversight
c/o PSC, 278-A Hope St., Mountain View, CA 94041
Voice: 650/961-8918 or 650/969-1545
Fax: 650/961-8918
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
http://www.cpeo.org


_______________________________________________
Military mailing list
Military@list.cpeo.org
http://www.cpeo.org/mailman/listinfo/military