The National Academies: Advisers to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES NATIONAL ACADEMY OF ENGINEERING INSTITUTE OF MEDICINE NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL
Current Operating Status

The National Academies Testimony before Congress

Public Laws Containing Studies for the National Academies

Briefings to Congress

Congressionally Mandated Reports

Policy Statements and Historical Documents

The OCGA staff

Request a Report (Congressional and Government Staff Only)


Mailing Address:
The Office of Congressional and Government Affairs
The Keck Center of the National Academies
Keck WS1008
500 Fifth Street, NW
Washington, DC 20001
Tel: (202) 334-1601
Fax: (202) 334-2419

Back to Main Page

Categories: Environment

Briefing Date:07/30/2001
Topic:Science and Technology for Environmental Cleanup at Hanford

THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

Division on Earth and Life Studies

Board on Radioactive Waste Management

*****

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.

RSS News Feed | Subscribe to e-newsletters | Feedback | Back to Top