| Briefing Date: | 07/30/2001 |
Categories: Environment
| Topic: | Science and Technology for Environmental Cleanup at Hanford |
THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES
Division on Earth and Life Studies
Board on Radioactive Waste Management
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Congressional Briefings
Monday, July 30, 2001
2:00 p.m., 3:00 p.m., and 4:00 p.m.
2362 Rayburn House Office Bldg.
1323 Longworth House Office Bldg.
528 Hart Senate Office Bldg.
on
Science and Technology for Environmental Cleanup at Hanford
This new report from the Board on Radioactive Waste Management, assesses a U.S. Department of Energy research program that is searching for ways to clean up underground areas and a river that have been contaminated by radioactive material leaked from this nuclear weapons site in Richland, Wash.
These series of briefings were for members of Congress and congressional staff only. The report was publicly released on August 2, 2001. The full text of the report is not yet available online.
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