RICHARDSON ANNOUNCES PLAN TO RELOCATE LOS ALAMOS TA-18 CAPABILITIES

From: Regulatory Intelligence Data | Date: April 11, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

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Energy Secretary Bill Richardson today announced that Technical Area 18 (TA-18), a facility at the Department of Energy's Los Alamos National Laboratory, will be closed by the end of 2004, and that an environmental impact study on the proposed transfer of TA-18's capabilities and materials to another location will begin immediately and is scheduled to be completed in December. The facility supports important defense, nuclear safety and national security missions.

Though TA-18 is judged safe and secure by the department's independent inspection office, its facilities ...

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