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History of the MTA Fund

As part of a 1998 court settlement between U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and 39 plaintiffs (nonprofit peace and environmental groups around the country), DOE established a $6.25 million Citizens’ Monitoring and Technical Assessment Fund (MTA Fund) to provide money to non-profit, non-governmental organizations and Federally recognized tribal governments working on issues related to the nuclear weapons complex. The Fund was established to help those groups procure technical and scientific assistance to perform technical and scientific reviews and analyses of environmental management activities at DOE sites. These grants may also support dissemination of the technical and scientific reviews and analyses undertaken with monies from the MTA Fund, but cannot be used for litigation, lobbying, general administrative support, or fundraising.

The Collection

Below are the projects supported by the MTA Fund.

Albuquerque Center for Peace and Justice

Albuquerque, NM

Round1

• The Nukes Next Door: Shedding Light on a Nuclear Neighbor, Sandia National Laboratories
  By Sandia Labs Awareness Project - 2002

Round 3

• Review of Environmental Monitoring for Radionuclides in Air at the Sandia National Laboratory
  By Bernd Franke - June 20, 2007
• Radiation Releases at Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico: Recently Reported Radiation Releases and Other Potential Sources of Radiation Release
  By Paul Robinson – November 6, 2006

Aleutian/Pribil of Islands Association

Anchorage, AK

Round 2

• Subsistence Food Use in Unalaska and Nikoloski
  By Kari Hamrick - August 2003

Round 5

• Radionuclide Data Analysis of Marine Subsistence Food from Amchitka and Adjoining Areas
  By Mark Baskaran Ph.D. - February 15, 2007

Alliance for Nuclear Accountability (ANA)

Seattle, WA and Washington, DC

Round 2

• Danger Lurks Below: The Threat to Major Water Supplies from U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Weapons Plants - Preface
  April 2004
• Danger Lurks Below: The Threat to Major Water Supplies from U.S. Department of Energy Nuclear Weapons Plants - Executive Summary
  April 2004

Amigos Bravos

Taos, NM

Round 6

• Historic and Current Discharges from Los Alamos National Laboratory: Analysis and Recommendations
  September 2006

Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Inc.

Aiken, SC

Round 2

• Sow the Wind: Toxic Air Pollution from the Savannah River Site
  By Louise A. Zeller - March 2007
  • Sow The Wind Cover Page and Acknowledgments
  • Table of Contents
  • Figures-Tables - References Pages i-iv
  • Sow the Wind Report
  • Appendix A - Air Modeling Protocol
  • Appendix B - SRS Stack Parameters
  • Appendix B - Screen3 Model Data
  • Appendix C - EPA Quality Assurance Memo
  • Appendix D - 1996 BEMR for South Carolina
  • Annotated Bibliography of Data Sources

  Carolina Peace Resource Center

  Columbia, SC

  Round 5

  • Re-Analysis of "Plutonium in Autopsy Tissue": A Case/Control Examination of Nuclear Weapons Sites and Civilian Lung Burden
    By Rita A. Fellers - July 31, 2007
  • Map of Autopsies and Weapons Sites
  • Flowchart - Denominator Derivation of Analysis Dataset Plutonium in Autopsy Tissue Data Re-Analysis
    July 23, 2007

  Center for Public Environmental Oversight (CPEO) (through The Tides Center)

  Rounds 1 and 5

  • Technology Tree

  Church Rock Chapter (through Navajo Education & Scholarship Foundation)

  Churchrock, NM

  Rounds 5 and 6

  • Church Rock Uranium Monitoring Project 2003-2007
    May 2007
    • Appendix I.A - USEPA Region 6 “Current Status” report on United Nuclear Corporation Church Rock Mill and Tailings Facility Superfund Site, March 2007
    • Appendix II.A - Spreadsheets: CRUMP water resource and water quality compilations
    • Appendix II.B - Mine-water quality data from company and USEPA files
    • Appendix III.A - Quality Control Procedures for Using Hand-held Gamma Radiation Detectors
    • Appendix III.B - Summary of MARSSIM (Multi-Agency Radiation Survey and Site Investigation Manual) guidance for conducting radiation surveys
    • Appendix III.C - Maps of Gamma Radiation Surveys Conducted by USEPA Scanner Van and Individual Surveyors Using Ludlum-19 Meters, October 2003
    • Appendix III.C.1 - Churchrock Chapter House and Churchrock Village Area
    • Appendix III.C.2 - Springstead Estates (CRUMP Study Area C)
    • Appendix III.C.3 - Old Churchrock Mine-Section 17 and King Ranch Lands (CRUMP Study Area B)
    • Appendix III.C.4 - State Route 566 in Vicinity of UNC Uranium Mill and Tailings Disposal Facility, Including Pipeline Road (CRUMP Study Area A-2)
    • Appendix III.C.5 - Red Water Pond Road Area and Northeast Church Rock Mine (CRUMP Study Area A-1)
    • Appendix III.D - Powerpoint Summary of Gamma Radiation Surveys
    • Appendix IV.A - Spreadsheets containing results of laboratory analyses of Churchrock-area soil samples
    • Appendix IV.B - Powerpoint presentation on results of soil sampling in Churchrock area
    • Appendix IV.C - USEPA and Navajo Nation press releases announcing soil removal program in residential areas of Red Water Pond Road
    • Appendix V.A - Spreadsheets: Indoor radon test results (identifiers excluded)
    • Appendix VII.A - Resolution-petition of Red Water Pond Road and Pipeline Road residents, August 11, 2006
    • Appendix VII.B - Site Assessment at Old Churchrock Mine, Churchrock Chapter, August 21, 2006; revised September 15, 2006 and May 11, 2007 (Powerpoint presentation)
    • Appendix VIII.A - Example of informational handouts given participants in tours of mining and residential areas of Churchrock and surrounding chapters

  Citizen Action (through New Mexico Community Foundation)

  Santa Fe, NM

  Round 2

  • Summaries of 3 Independent Reviews of the Mixed Waste Landfill
  • Review of the Risk Screening Assessment for the Mixed Waste Landfill, SWMU76
    By Marvin Resnikoff, Ph.D., Radioactive Waste Management Associates - July 2001
  • Is 'Trust Us, We're the Government' Really A Guarantee? A Review of Financial Assurance Options for Long-Term Stewardship at the Mixed Waste Landfill, Sandia National Laboratories
    By W. Paul Robinson, Research Director, Southwest Research and Information Center - June 18, 2002
  • Review of Sandia National Laboratories/New Mexico
    Evapotranspiration Cap Closure Plans for the Mixed Waste Landfill
    By Tom Hakonson, Ph.D. - February 15, 2002

  Round 4

  • Synopsis of Reports by Citizen Action Independent Experts
  • New Mexico Environment Department Public Hearing on Corrective Measures Study Class 3 Permit Modification
    By Erik Ringelberg - December 3, 2004
  • Analysis and Recommendations: Mixed Waste Landfill Corrective Measures Study Final Report
    By Paul Robinson, Research Director, Southwest Research and Information Center
    March 30, 2004
  • Covering Up 30 Years of Radioactive and Hazardous Waste: Mixed Waste Landfill
    By Sue Dayton - March 29, 2004
  • Independent Evaluation of the Corrective Measures Study, Mixed Waste Landfill, Sandia National Laboratories
    By Amanda Schneider and Marvin Resnikoff, Ph.D., Radioactive Waste Management Associates
    March 2004

  Round 6

  • Public Comments Public Hearing for Mixed Waste Landfill
    December 2, 2004
  • Talking Points Related to Mixed Waste Landfill Permit Modification Hearing
    November 30, 2004

  Citizen Alert

  Las Vegas, NV

  Round 1

  • Analysis of the Nevada Test Site Early Warning System for Groundwater Contamination Potentially Migrating from Pahute Mesa to Oasis Valley, Nevada
    March 2004

  Citizens for Alternatives to Radioactive Dumping (CARD)

  Albuquerque, NM

  Round 1

  • Unsafe Radwaste Disposal at WIPP
    By Dr. David Snow , PhD, Engineering Science, University of California-Berkeley
    November 2004

  Clark University

  Worcester, MA

  Round 5

  • Managing Uncertainties in Radioactive Site Clean-Ups
    By Robert Goble, Abel Russ, Octavia Taylor, and Seth Turner - July 10, 2006
  • Comments on the 2002 Risk Assessment Corporation Analysis of Risks from the 2000 Cerro Grande Fire at Los Alamos National Laboratory
    By Abel Russ - March 2005
  • Communication and Participation
    By Seth Tuler
  • Native American Exposure to Iodine-131 from Nuclear Weapons Testing in Nevada
    By Abel Russ, et al.

  Round 6

  • Health Risks of Ionizing Radiation: An Overview of Epidemiological Studies
    By Abel Russ, et al. - March 2006

  Columbia Riverkeeper

  Bingen, WA

  Round 2

  • The Hanford 300 Area Cleanup Plan – Insufficient, Dangerous, and Against Best-Known Findings
    By Greg deBruler - January 2003

  Round 5

  • Hanford 100-BC Reactor Area Cleanup
    By John Brodeur and Greg deBruler - September 2005

  Round 6

  • DOE Goes Corporate With Risk-Based End States: DOE’s Strategy for Diminished Cleanup of Our Nation’s Nuclear Waste Sites
    By Gregory deBruler - February 2006

  Committee to Bridge the Gap

  Santa Cruz, CA

  Round 4

  • Nuclear Cleanup: The Standards Conflict
    By Daniel Hirsch - November 2004

  Round 6

  • Radioactive Contamination at Runkle Ranch from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory
    By Daniel Hirsch - December 2006
  • Radioactive Contamination at Dayton Canyon from the Santa Susana Filed Laboratory
    By Daniel Hirsch - November 13, 2006
  • Radioactive Contamination of Water At the Santa Susana Field Laboratory
    By Daniel Hirsch - April 2006

  Committee to Minimize Toxic Waste

  Berkeley, CA

  Round 1

  • Environmental Monitoring of Present and Reconstruction of Past Tritium Emissions from the National Tritium Labeling Facility at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California
    By Roger Byrne and Pamela Sihvola - March 2007

  Round 6

  • Contaminant Plumes of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and their Interrelation to Faults, Landslides, and Streams in Strawberry Canyon, Berkeley and Oakland, California
    By Laurel Collins - March 2007

  Concerned Citizens for Nuclear Safety (CCNS)

  Santa Fe, NM

  Round 1

  • New Mexico's Right to Know: The Impacts of LANL Operations on Public Health and the Environment
    By Bernd Franke, Catherine M. Richards, Steve Wing and David Richardson
    April 2003

  Round 4

  • New Mexico's Right to Know: The Potential for Groundwater Contaminants from LANL to Reach the Rio Grande
    By George Rice - July 2004

  Round 5

  • CCNS Response to LANL's Letter of January 29, 2007 - Information Concerning Radionuclides in Water Supply Wells
    March 20, 2007
    • Attachment 1 - Predicted Plume Migration for Sources Releases at the Water Table Below Mortandad Canyon
    • Attachment 2 - Data Gaps Prevent Accurate Calculation of Contaminant Travel Times by Computer Models
    • Attachment 3 - DOE/LANL has Used Improper Fluid-Assisted Drilling Methods that Mask Detection of Groundwater Contamination for the Installation of the LANL Characterization Wells that are Planned to be Used as Monitoring Wells
  • Letter from LANL to CCNS - Information Concerning Radionuclides in Water Supply Wells
    January 29, 2007
  • Downstream from Los Alamos? Your Drinking Water is at Risk
    • En Español

  Concerned Citizens of Lake Township (CCLT)

  Uniontown, OH

  Round 4

  • Review of Evidence for Anthropogenic Radioactivity at the Industrial Excess Landfill, Uniontown, Ohio
    By Michael E. Ketterer, Ph.D. and Mark Baskaran, Ph.D. - March 27, 2006
  • Report of Sampling and Analytical Activities: Groundwater from the Vicinity of the Industrial Excess Landfill, Uniontown, Ohio
    By Michael E. Ketterer, Ph.D. and Mark Baskaran, Ph.D. - February 3, 2006
  • Review of Ground-Water Monitoring Well Sampling Techniques, the pH "Issue", and the Wells Abandoned and Sealed
    By Julie Weatherington-Rice, Ph.D. and Linda Aller - December 21, 2005

  Confederated Tribes of Umatilla Indian Reservation

  Pendleton, OR

  Round 6

  • Interests and Expectations of the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation Regarding Hanford and Hanford- Affected Lands
    March 31, 2006

  Diné Citizens Against Ruining Our Environment (DinéCARE)

  Durango, CO

  Round 2

  • Final Report
    April 11, 2004
  • Geographic Information System Work on Eastern Navajo Agency
    By Xavier Morales - July 14, 2003
  • Research on Health
    By Norma Nager
  • References for Research on Health

  Round 5

  • Policy Impacts of Native Citizen Activists
    By John Redhouse - Fall 2005
  • Literature Survey
    By John Redhouse - Fall 2005
  • A Short History of the Moab Project and the White Mesa Mill Alternative
    Fall 2005

  El Rio Arriba Environmental Health Association

  Santa Cruz, NM

  Round 2

  All reports written in Spring 2004.

  • Mercury: The Deadly Little Monster
    By Alex Smith, Alfonso Trujillo, Daniel Valerio, Phil Schofield, and Ken Silver
  • Why did the 3 gaseous diffusion plants get Special Exposure Cohorts?
  • Is High Level Waste Buried at Area G?
    By Len Trimmer and Ken Silver
  • What Happened at DP West in July 1969?
    By Phil Schofield and Ken Silver
  • Racial Divide

  Experi-Center Inc.

  Miamisburg, OH

  Round 5

  All reports written by EHS Technology Group between April 2004 and March 2005.

  • Technical Review - Building 104 BDP
  • Technical Review - Building 124 Action Memo
  • Technical Review - Building 126
  • Technical Review - Building 128 BDP
  • Technical Review - Building 22
  • Technical Review - Building 30
  • Technical Review - Building 31 and 31A PRS 268
  • Technical Review - Building 36 Dock
  • Technical Review - Building 56
  • Technical Review - Building 72 - Nov 04
  • Technical Review - Building DS and 25
  • Technical Review - Building PH and 24 BDP
  • Technical Review - Building R, SW, 58, and 68 Slab Add 1
  • Technical Review - Contingent Removal
  • Technical Review - Guard Post 8
  • Technical Review - Main Hilll Water Tower
  • Technical Review - Miami-Erie Canal
  • Technical Review - PRS 106
  • Technical Review - PRS 17 Building 34
  • Technical Review - PRS 17 Building 34-revised
  • Technical Review - PRS 211 212
  • Technical Review - PRS 271 336
  • Technical Review - PRS 363 Fact Sheet
  • Technical Review - PRS 405 Fact Sheet
  • Technical Review - PRS 410 Addendum 1
  • Technical Review - PRS 414 Addendum 1
  • Technical Review - PRS 67-70 Fact Sheet
  • Technical Review - PRS 76 Action Memo
  • Technical Review - PRS 87 Action Memo
  • Technical Review - Water Distribution Lease Package

  Fernald Community Health Effects Committee (F-CHEC)

  Harrison, OH

  Round 4

  All reports below were written in Fall 2006:

  • F-CHEC Community Letter
  • Timeline: The Founding of F-CHEC and Its Conduct of a MTA-Funded Research Project
  • F-CHEC Cistern Survey Results
  • Well Database Overview
  • Well Database Appendix
  • How to Use the Well Database
  • F-CHEC Water Quality Database Overview
  • How to Use the Water Quality Database
  • Timeline: Key Events that Lead to the Installation of a Public Water Supply for Fernald Area Residents
  • F-CHEC Contact Information

  Global Green USA

  Santa Monica, CA

  Round 4

  • The Death of a Nuclear Warhead: The Environmental and Health Impacts of Nuclear Weapons Complex Activities
    By Dr. Jasmine Aimaq – March 2004

  Round 5

  • The Oak Ridge National Security Complex: Human Health and the Environment as Casualties of Hot and Cold Wars
    By Dr. Jasmine Aimaq - January 31, 2005

  Government Accountability Project (GAP)

  Washington, DC

  Round 1

  • Hanford Radioactivity in Salmon Spawning Grounds
    By Norman Buske - December 19, 2001

  Round 3

  • Trouble in the Columbia Riverbed: Increasing radioactivity under the Hanford Reach
    By Norm Buske, The RadioActivist Campaign - October 2003

  Round 5

  • Final Report: Citizens Monitoring of Columbia River Radionuclides
    By Marco Kaltofen and Tom Carpenter - May 2005

  Hanford Action of Oregon
  Portland, OR

  Round 3

  • The Sacrifice Zone: Hanford's Endless Assault on the Columbia River
    By Paul Koverstein - Fall 2004
  • Final Report: An Investigation of Contaminants and Contaminant Migration at the Hanford Site
    November 2003
  • Report of Hanford Site Access
    By Norm Buske and M. Callison - November 12, 2002

  Round 5

  • Radioactive Bioaccumulation in Clams along the Hanford Reach
    By Norm Buske - March 2005

  Harambee House, Inc.
  Savannah, GA

  Round 1

  • Final Report: Analysis of Environmental Justice
    By Michael M. Ashby
  • Executive Summary: Analysis of Environmental Justice
    By Dr. Mildred McClain
  • Report Summary: Analysis of Environmental Justice
    By Dr. Mildred McClain

  Round 5

  • A Scientific and Technial Review of the Use of Bioremediation as a Clean Up Technique at the Savannah River Site
    By Dr. Mildred McClain - September 2005

  Healing Ourselves and Mother Earth (HOME) (through Hummingbird Family Resource Center, Inc.)

  Tecopa, CA

  Round 6

  • The Yucca Mountain Legacy Project
    By Jennifer Viereck, John Hadder, and George Rice - May 2006

  Heart of America Northwest (through Legal Advocates for Washington School)

  Seattle, WA

  Round 3

  • A Review and Comparison of Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Facilities
    By John R. Brodeur - September 2003
    With Analysis of US DOE's "Performance Assessments" for Low-Level Radioactive Waste Burial Grounds by Gerald Pollet, appended
  • Comments of Heart of America Northwest, Heart of America Northwest Research Center on Revised Draft Hanford Solid (Radioactive and Hazardous) Waste Program Environmental Impact Statement (RD-HSWEIS)
    June 10, 2003
  • Groundwater Strategy for Hanford: A Contrast in Citizens’ Vision and Goals With USDOE’s and its Partner Tri-Party Agreement Agencies' Vision and Goals
    March 2003

  Round 5

  • Envirocare Mixed Waste Facility Description
  • Nevada Test Site Mixed Waste Disposal Facilities
  • Mixed Low-Level Radioactive and Hazardous Waste Disposal Facilities
    By John R. Brodeur - March 2006

  Round 6

  • Recent Leaks From Hanford’s High-Level Nuclear Waste Tanks:
    USDOE’s Failure to Monitor, Report or Characterize Tank Leaks
    By John R. Brodeur - April 2006

  The Initiative for Social Action and Renewal (ISAR)

  Washington, D.C.

  Round 5

  • A Citizen's Guide to Monitor Radioactivity: Around the Energy Department's Nuclear Facilities
    By Sergey Pashenko, et al. - May 2005

  Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)

  Minneapolis, MN

  Round 5

  • Exploring Epoxy Use at the Oak Ridge K-25 Facility and New Concerns about Neurotoxic Risks
    By Richard Bird - June 2007

  Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)

  Takoma Park, MD

  Round 5

  • Shifting Radioactivity Risks: A Case Study of the K-65 Silos and Silo 3 Remediation and Waste Management at the Fernald Nuclear Weapons Site
    By Annie Makhijani and Arjun Makhijani - August 2006
  • The Environment Transport of Radium and Plutonium: A Review
    By Brice Smith and Alexandra Amonette - June 23, 2006
  • Dangerous Discrepancies: Missing Weapons Plutonium in Los Alamos National Laboratory Waste Accounts
    By Arjun Makhijani and Brice Smith - April 21, 2006
  • Soil Cleanup at Los Alamos National Laboratory: Sediment Contamination in the South Fork of Acid Canyon
    By Brice Smith - November 29, 2005

  Institute for Policy Studies (IPS)

  Washington, DC

  Round 6

  • Reducing the Risks of Highly Enriched Uranium at the U.S. Department of Energy's Y-12 National Security Complex
    By Robert Alvarez - October 9, 2006

  Institute for Technology, Social, and Policy Awareness, Inc. (ITSPA)

  Knoxville, TN

  Round 2

  • Impacts on Oak Ridge Landowners of Off-Site Releases to the Environment from the Y-12 Plant and Associated Long-Term Stewardship Issues
    By Susan Arnold Kaplan - March 31, 2005
  • Appendix 1: Materials Cited in Report
  • Appendix 2-4

  International Institute for Indigenous Resource Management, Inc. (IIIRM)

  Denver, CO

  Round 1

  • Identifying the Burdens and Opportunities for Tribes and Communities in Federal Facility Cleanup Activities: Environmental Remediation Technology Assessment Matrix For Tribal and Community Decision-Makers
    By Mervyn L. Tano, Jeanne M. Rubin, and Kacey C. Dehham - December 23, 2002

  Round 5

  • Taking Control: Opportunities for and Impediments to the Use of Socio-Cultural Controls for Long-Term Stewardship of U.S. Department of Energy Legacy Waste Sites
    December 28, 2006

  JSI Research and Training Institute, Inc.

  Santa Fe, NM

  Round 1

  • Cancer and Workers Exposed to Ionizing Radiation
    A Review of the Research Literature - Introduction
    May 2003
  • Radiation and Cancer Risk Fact Sheets
    May 2003
  • Cancer and Workers Exposed to Ionizing Radiation
    A Review of the Research Literature - Complete Report
    May 2003

  Kalispel Tribe of Indians

  Airway Heights, WA

  Round 5

  • Kalispel Tribal Health Survey - 2005
    By Gregory deBruler, Darren Holmes, and Fred Nussbaum - September 2005

  Round 6

  • Kalispel Tribal Health Survey - 2006
    By David Bonga and Gregory deBruler

  Keep Yellowstone Nuclear Free

  Jackson, WY

  Round 3

  • Community Health Survey - Assessment of Resident Health Needs and Concerns
    By Pinnacle Research - January 20, 2004

  Living Rivers

  Moab, UT

  Round 6

  • The Moab Mill Project
    By Dr. John C. Dohrenwend and Dr. Noam Greenbaum - July 2006

  Los Alamos Study Group

  Santa Fe, NM

  Round 2

  • LANL Technical Areas Map-based Archive
    2004

  Miamisburg Environmental Safety and Health (MESH)

  Miamisburg, OH

  Round 5

  • Radioactive Tritium in the Environment Surrounding the Department of Energy’s Historic Nuclear Bomb Manufacturing Plant, Mound Facility, Miamisburg, Ohio
    By Hydro-Log LLC - March 2007

  Mount Holyoke College

  S. Hadley, MA

  Round 5

  • Mixed Wastes at USDOE Cleanup Sites: Analysis and Prioritization for USDOE's Environmental Management Program
    By Dori Digenti and Emily Monosson - Fall 2004

  Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC)

  Washington, DC

  Round 1

  • A Nontechnical Guide to Groundwater Modeling: With Specific Reference to the U.S. Department of Energy's Hanford Site
    By Peter Willing, Ph.D. - August 2007

  Nez Perce Tribe

  Lapwai, ID

  Round 4

  • Nez Perce Analysis of the Canyon Disposition Initiative Hanford Site, Washington
    By Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Department - October 2005

  Round 5

  • Hanford Tribal Stewardship
    Kristie L. Baptiste - March 2005

  Nuclear Information and Resource Center (NIRS)

  Tacoma Park, MD

  Round 5

  • Out of Control – On Purpose: DOE’s Dispersal of Radioactive Waste into Landfills and Consumer Products
    By Diane D'Arrigo and Mary Olson - May 14, 2007
    • Appendix A - 1999 Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation Radiological Health Division License Categories and Licensees
    • Appendix B - 2006 TDEC Licenses and Licenses
    • Appendix C - Energy Secretary Richardson Blocks Nickel Recycling at Oak Ridge
    • Appendix D - Secretary Richardson Suspends Release of Materials from DOE Facilities
    • Appendix E - Release of Surplus and Scrap Materials
    • Appendix F - Radiological Release of Property
    • Appendix G - Evaluations and Acceptance of Licensee Requests for the Disposal of Materials with Extremely Low Levels of Contamination in Class D Landfills
    • Appendix H - Department of Environment and Conservation Solid Waste Permit Status at Radiological Facilities
    • Appendix I - DOE Surface Contamination Release Levels
    • Appendix J - From NRC's Below Regulatory Concern Policy
    • Appendix K - Talking Points, US Department of Energy, Notice of Intent to Prepare a Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement on the Disposition of Radioactive Scrap Metals
    • Appendix L - FOIA and DOE and NNSA on "Authorized Limits" and "Supplemental Limits"
      April 2007
    • Appendix M - Concentrated Benefits over Diffuse Injury
      By John W. Gofman and Egan O'Connor - November 1993
    • Appendix N - Why Radioactive Wastes should be Sequestered for the Full Duration of their Hazard: Considering the "Macs Effect"

  Nuclear Watch of New Mexico (through Southwest Research and Information Center)

  Round 2

  • DOE Environmental Management Programs in New Mexico: Environmental and Economic Impacts
    November 2003

  Round 5

  • Analysis of DOE Environmental Management. Economic and Environmental Issues in New Mexico
    December 21, 2006

  The Peace Farm of Texas, Inc. (through Texas Panhandle Audubon Society)

  Panhandle, TX

  Round 6

  • Radiation Monitoring at Pantex: A Review of the Bureau of Radiation Control Environmental Data 1993-2003
    By Pam Allison - August 2005

  The Project on Government Oversight (POGO)

  Washington, DC

  Round 6

  • U.S. Nuclear Weapons Complex: Y-12 and Oak Ridge National Laboratory at High Risk
    By Peter Stockton - October 16, 2006

  Pueblo of Jemez
  Jemez Pueblo, NM

  Round 6

  • Radioisotope Sampling in the Valles Caldera National Preserve
    By Greg Kaufman - March 31, 2006

  Radiation and Public Health Project, Inc.

  Brooklyn, NY

  Round 5

  • Final Report: Program to Investigate Patterns of Environmental vs. In-Body Radioactivity Near the Brookhaven National Laboratory
    By Joseph J. Mangano - February 1, 2005

  Round 6

  • Examining The Relationship Between Radioactivity In Baby Teeth And Cancer Incidence And Mortality Near The Brookhaven National Laboratory
    By Joseph J. Mangano - September 8, 2005

  Radiochemical Health Effects Archives

  Berkeley, CA

  Round 2

  • Thyroid Doses and Risk of Thyroid Cancer from Exposure to I-131 from the Nevada Test Site
    By Ann G. Moore, et al. - October 17, 2006
  • Thyroid Doses and Risk of Thyroid Cancer For Members of Public Exposed to I-131
    By SENES Oak Ridge, Inc. - November 16, 2005

  Rocky Mountain Peace and Justice Center

  Boulder, CO

  Round 1

  • Supporting a Conservative Approach to Cleanup at Rocky Flats
    December 2003

  Round 6

  • Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site: Independent Review and Technical Evaluation of the Soil Sampling Protocols for Site Characterization and Cleanup Confirmation
    By Rick W. Chappell, Ph.D. - August 2005

  Santa Susana Field Laboratory (SSFL) Panel (through the Tides Center)

  Santa Cruz, CA

  Round 2

  • Report of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory Advisory Panel
    October 2006
  • An Assessment of Potential Pathways for Release of Gaseous Radioactivity Following Fuel Damage During Run 14 at the Sodium Reactor Experiment
    By David A. Lochbaum - October 5, 2006
  • Feasibility of Developing Exposure Estimates for Use in Epidemiological Studies of Radioactive Emissions from the Santa Susana Field Laboratory
    Jan Beyea, Ph.D. - October 5, 2006
  • Santa Susana Field Laboratory
    Please also see the SSFL website for other studies done for the Panel

  Savannah Riverkeeper

  Augusta, GA

  Round 5

  • Heavy Metal Migration from the Savannah River Site
    By Frank Carl, PhD - January 2007

  Scarboro Community Oak Ridge Empowerment (SCORE)

  Oak Ridge, TN

  Round 3

  • Interpretation of the ORHASP Report for the Scarboro Community
    Elijah Johnson, Larry Robinson, Richard D. Gragg, and Valencia McGriff
    December 30, 2004

  Serious Texans Against Nuclear Dumping (STAND), Inc.

  Amarillo, TX

  Round 1

  • Evaluation of Groundwater Characterization and Modeling at the Pantex Plant
    By George Rice – June 2001

  Round 3

  • Background Concentrations of Contaminants in the Ogallala Aquifer at Pantex: An Evaluation
    By George Rice – May 2003
  • Health Effects of Selected Industrial Chemicals and Radionuclides: An Introduction
    By Valerie Nabav, M.S., Rachael Hawkins, M.S. and Marvin Tesnikoff, Ph.D. – July 2003
  • Groundwater Modeling at Pantex and Recommendations of the Technical Advisory Group
    By George Rice – September 2002

  Round 5

  • Contaminants in the Ogallala Aquifer at Pantex
    By George Rice and Pam Allison - May 2004
  • Filling in the Blanks? - Contaminants in the Ogallala Aquifer
    May 2004

  Round 6

  • Final Report - Effectiveness of the Perched Aquifer Pump and Treat System
    December 2005
  • STANDpoint Special Edition
    January 2006
  • STAND’s Proposal for Long-Term Monitoring of Groundwater at Pantex
    By George Rice and Pam Allison - June 2005
  • Figure 1 - Ogallala Monitoring Wells
  • Figure 2 - Perched Monitoring Wells

  Snake River Alliance

  Boise, ID

  Round 2

  • Defining Away the Hazard: The Department of Energy’s Solution to the High-Level Waste Problem at INEEL
    By Marvin Resnikoff and Beat Hintermann - June 2003

  Southwest Research and Information Center
  Albuquerque, NM

  Round 1

  • Uranium Mill Tailings Remediation Performed by the US DOE: An Overview
    By Paul Robinson - May 18, 2004

  Round 5

  • The Waste Isolation Pilot Plant: How Well is "Accelerated Cleanup" Working?
    By Don Hancock, et al. - July 2005

  Standing for Truth About Radiation, Inc. (STAR Foundation)
  East Hampton, NY

  Round 3

  • Assessment of the Environmental Impacts of Decontamination and Decommissioning Activities for Research Reactors at the Brookhaven National Laboratory
    By Bernd Franke and Regine Vogt - March 2004
  • Decommissioning of Research Reactors at Brookhaven National Laboratory: Status, Future Options and Hazards
    By Gordon Thompson - February 2004

  The RadioActivist Campaign (TRAC) through The Tides Center
  Belfair, WA

  Round 4

  • Early Warning: A Radioactive Rio Grande
    By Norm Buske - November 2003
  • Under a Cloud - Fallout from the Savannah River Site
    By Norm Buske - October 2003
  • Trouble in the Columbia Riverbed: Increasing radioactivity under the Hanford Reach
    By Norm Buske - October 2003

  Round 5

  • Radioactive Neighbor: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    By Norm Buske - February 2005

  Round 6

  • Radioactive Pathways
    By Norm Buske - May 2005

  Tri-Valley Communities Against A Radioactive Environment

  Livermore, CA

  Round 1

  • Playing with Poison: Plutonium Use at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    By Peter M. Strauss - 2001

  Round 4

  • A Critical Review of ATSDR Public Health Assessment for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
    By Abel Russ and Robert Goble - March 28, 2003

  Round 5

  • Community Guide: Lawrence Livermove National Laboratory Main Site
    By Peter Strauss - June 30, 2005
  • Community Guide: Lawrence Livermove National Laboratory - Site 300
    By Peter Strauss - December 2004

  Round 6

  • Final Report On The Cleanup of Livermore Lab's Site 300 "Pit 7 Complex"
    Peter Strauss and Marylia Kelley - March 22, 2006

  Tuppipuh Project

  Death Valley, CA

  Round 3

  • A Soil Contamination Survey of Timbisha Shoshone Tribal Lands within Close Proximity to the Nevada Test Site
    By Dr. Bonnie Eberhardt Bobb - March 2007

  Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility

  Round 6

  • Tank Leaks at Hanford: A Review of New Allegations
    By WA PSR Hanford Task Force - 2006
  • Handout: Groundwater Cleanup at Hanford: Will Public Health Be Protected?
    2006
  • Potential Human Health Effects
    By WA PSR Hanford Task Force - 2006

  Yakama Nation

  Toppenish, WA

  Round 5

  • Rethinking the Challenge of High-Level Nuclear Waste
    By Russell Jim, Robert Alvarez and Brian Barry

  Yggdrasil Institute Program through Earth Island Institute, Inc.

  Georgetown, KY

  Round 1

  • Groundwater Movement at the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion Plant
    February 2002

  Yomba Shoshone Tribe

  Austin, NV

  Round 3

  • Radionuclide and Radioactivity Monitoring on Yomba Shoshone Tribal Land, Agricultural and Ranching Settlements, and Traditional Use Areas in Nevada
    By Dr. Bonnie Eberhardt Bobb - March 2007

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