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Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Presentations to the Committee." National Research Council. 2007. Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11883.
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Appendix A
Presentations to the Committee

Santa Fe, New Mexico, March 23-24, 2006


Welcome, Mat Johansen, NNSA Los Alamos Site Office


History of LANL, John Rhoades, Bradbury Science Museum


Sitewide Geology of Los Alamos National Laboratory, David Vaniman, LANL


Sitewide Hydrology, Bruce Robinson, LANL-ENV


LANL Groundwater Contaminants: Sources and Transport, David Rogers, LANL-ENV


DOE Request for Specific Questions to Be Addressed by NAS, Mat Johansen, NNSA Los Alamos Site Office


Public comments


Groundwater Monitoring at Los Alamos National Laboratory, Armand Groffman, LANL


Groundwater Data Adequacy Project, Ardyth Simmons, LANL-ENV


Control of Groundwater Contamination Sources, David Rogers, LANL-ENV


Evaluation and Decision Making for Radionuclides at Environmental Restoration Sites, Danny Katzman, LANL


Perspectives on this Study from the Northern New Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board, J.D. Campbell, NNMCAB


Perspectives on this Study from the San Ildefonso Pueblo, Neil Weber, San Ildefonso Pueblo


Perspectives on this Study from the New Mexico Environment Department, James Bearzi, NMED


Public comments


Santa Fe and Los Alamos, New Mexico, May 16-18, 2006


Improving LANL’s Groundwater Monitoring and Analysis Program, Robert Gilkeson, Registered Geologist


Overview of the LANL Consent Order, James Bearzi, NMED


Summary of LANL Groundwater Issues of Regulatory Importance, James Bearzi, NMED


A Brief History of Drilling for the Hydrogeologic Workplan at LANL, Dave Broxton, LANL


Vadose Zone Hydrology of the Pajarito Plateau, Brent Newman and Kay Birdsell, LANL


Sources of Deep Groundwater Contamination, Danny Katzman, LANL


Review of documents to be provided to the NAS panel, DOE/LANL Staff


Comments from the Northern New Mexico Citizens’ Advisory Board, J.D. Campbell, NNMCAB


Public comments


San Ildefonso Pueblo Site Visit


LANL Site Visit

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Presentations to the Committee." National Research Council. 2007. Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11883.
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NNMCAB Groundwater forum poster session at Dwayne Smith Auditorium in Los Alamos


Santa Fe, New Mexico, August 14-16, 2006


LANL’s Environmental Programs: Overview and Objectives, Andy Phelps, LANL


Current Knowledge and Status of Groundwater Protection at LANL: A Framework and Definitions for the Workshop Sessions, Jean Dewart, LANL


Public comments


RACER: Tools and a Process to Guide Decisions Made About Risk Reduction at Los Alamos National Laboratory, John Till, Risk Assessment Corporation


LANL Decision Support Process (LDSP) Description for Groundwater Contaminants, Chris EchoHawk, LANL


Invited Perspectives from Northern New Mexico Citizen’s Advisory Board, J.D. Campbell, NNMCAB


Invited Perspectives from Pueblo de San Ildefonso, Neil Weber, Pueblo de San Ildefonso


Invited Perspectives from Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety, Joni Arends, CCNS


Invited Perspectives from Department of Energy, Mat Johansen, DOE


Invited Perspectives from Environmental Protection Agency, Richard Mayer, EPA


Invited Perspectives from New Mexico Environment Department, James Bearzi, NMED


Public comments

Suggested Citation:"Appendix A Presentations to the Committee." National Research Council. 2007. Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Final Report. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/11883.
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The world's first nuclear bomb was a developed in 1954 at a site near the town of Los Alamos, New Mexico. Designated as the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) in 1981, the 40-square-mile site is today operated by Log Alamos National Security LLC under contract to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). Like other sites in the nation's nuclear weapons complex, the LANL site harbors a legacy of radioactive waste and environmental contamination. Radioactive materials and chemical contaminants have been detected in some portions of the groundwater beneath the site.

Under authority of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the State of New Mexico regulates protection of its water resources through the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED). In 1995 NMED found LANL's groundwater monitoring program to be inadequate. Consequently LANL conducted a detailed workplan to characterize the site's hydrogeology in order to develop an effective monitoring program.

The study described in Plans and Practices for Groundwater Protection at the Los Alamos National Laboratory: Final Report was initially requested by NNSA, which turned to the National Academies for technical advice and recommendations regarding several aspects of LANL's groundwater protection program. The DOE Office of Environmental Management funded the study. The study came approximately at the juncture between completion of LANL's hydrogeologic workplan and initial development of a sitewide monitoring plan.

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