Information Updates and Publications Relating to
June 9, 2008 Plutonium Incident at the NIST-Boulder Laboratory

Congressional News:

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

Information Updates:

• 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):

• 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
• Initial Report of Plutonium Contamination at NIST Boulder from the NIST Ionizing Radiation Safety Committee
• Letter to the City of Boulder from Thomas R. O'Brian, Director, NIST Boulder Laboratories
• 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
• Confirmatory Action Letter Item 4(a): Estimate of Release to the City of Boulder Sanitary Sewerage
• 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

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