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Information Updates and Publications Relating to June 9, 2008 Plutonium Incident at the NIST-Boulder Laboratory
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Special Inspection and Investigative Reports
- NRC issues Confirmatory Order to National Institute of Standards After Agreement is Reached under the Alternate Dispute Resolution, 03/02/10
- Confirmatory Order (NRC Inspection Report 030-03732/2008-011, NRC Investigation Report 4-2008-062), 03/01/10
Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting
- NRC Public Meeting Summary, September 17, 2009
- September 17, 2009 -- Remarks by Richard F. Kayser, NIST Special Assistant for Environment, Safety, and Health, at Nuclear Regulatory Commission Public Meeting
Information Updates:
- November 7, 2008 -- Blue Ribbon Commission Issues Findings on NIST Safety
- September 16, 2008 -- NIST Takes Additional Steps to Strengthen Safety at Its Boulder Laboratory
- August 14, 2008 -- Ultra-sensitive Tests Confirm No Significant Health Risks Expected from Plutonium Exposures
- July 30, 2008 -- NIST Commits to Action for Strengthening Safety NIST Responds to Investigative Report, City of Boulder Regarding Safety Improvements
- July 11, 2008 -- Reports from Five Radiation Safety and Health Experts on the June 9 Plutonium Incident
- July 10, 2008 -- No Significant Health Risks Expected from Plutonium Exposures
- July 2, 2008 -- NIST Response to NRC Confirmatory Action Letter
- June 27, 2008 -- Medical Tests Indicate Internal Contamination Due to June 9 Plutonium Incident
- June 24, 2008 -- Plutonium Discharge into Sink Below Federal and State Limits
- June 17, 2008 -- NIST Finds Radiation Contamination in Lab Sink
- June 13, 2008 -- Additional Trace Contamination Found in NIST-Boulder Lab
- June 10, 2008 -- Low-Level Plutonium Sample Involved in NIST-Boulder Lab Incident
Reports (all PDFs):
- Letter to Ms. Jane Brautigam City Manager, Boulder, CO, 07/30/09
- Confirmatory Action Letter Item 4.a: Assessment of Release of Plutonium to the City of Boulder Sanitary Sewerage, 05/07/09
- Final Root Cause Analysis Report, 01/07/09
- Final Report of the NIST Blue Ribbon Commission on Management and Safety, 11/08
- September 16, 2008, Letter to the City of Boulder from Rich Kayser, Interim Director, NIST Boulder Laboratories
- DOE-assisted Safety Audit of NIST Boulder Laboratories, 08/08
- Initial Report of Plutonium Contamination at NIST Boulder from the NIST Ionizing Radiation Safety Committee, 07/30/08
- Letter to the City of Boulder from Thomas R. O'Brian, Director, NIST Boulder Laboratories, 07/22/08
- Confirmatory Action Letter Item 4(a): Estimate of Release to the City of Boulder Sanitary Sewerage, 07/11/08
- NIST 30-Day Report on Radiation Incident at NIST Boulder Laboratories: Report Pursuant To 10 C.F.R. 50.30(c)(2) And Paragraph 4 of the July 2, 2008 Confirmatory Action Letter from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission
- Reports from Five Radiation Safety and Health Experts on the June 9 Plutonium Incident
- Paul S. Hoover -- Senior Advisor, Radiation Protection Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory
- Kenneth C. Rogers -- Former Commissioner, Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1987-1997)
- J. Michael Rowe -- Consultant
- Lester A. Slaback, Jr. (retired 2001) -- Supervisory Health Physicist, National Institute of Standards and Technology
- Richard E. Toohey -- Director, Dose Reconstruction Programs, Oak Ridge Associated Universities
Testimony:
Created July 17, 2009, Updated July 28, 2022