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Unauthorized Staging and Storage of Transuranic Waste at Los Alamos Lab (2002)
The Department of Energy issued a preliminary notice of violation to the University of California-operated Los Alamos National Laboratory which alleged: “(1) failures leading to the establishment of an unauthorized nuclear facility by storage of TRU waste in PF-185 without a safety evaluation and associated controls; (2) failures in 1999 and 2000 to implement site work control requirements for identifying and categorizing nuclear facilities and associated hazards; (3) failures to identify these deficiencies with the nuclear storage conditions in PF-185 over a five year period; and (4) deficiencies in the LANL event investigation, cause analysis, and corrective action development and implementation once the problems came to light.” “In the ordinary course, DOE would have issued a Proposed Imposition of Civil Penalty in the amount of $220,000 in this case. With respect to LANL, however, this civil penalty is currently waived by statute.”
- Misconduct Type
- Environment
- Enforcement Agency
- Energy
- Contracting Party
- Energy
- Court Type
- Administrative
- Disposition
- Fine
- Date of Enforcement Action
- 12/17/2002
Further Information |
Released |
DOE PNOV |
6/30/2006 |