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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:

• NIST Deputy Director Dr. James Turner testified on plutonium spill at NIST Boulder, CO, laboratory