- 50-Year Environmental Stewardship Plan ›
- Clean the Past ›
- Control the Present ›
- Introduction
- Something in the Air? ›
- Protections: Sediment ›
- Protections: Sediment Control = Contaminant Retention
- Tour: Sediment Retention
- Protection #2: Trap and Remove Sediment
- Stormwater Controls
- Stop Contaminant Movement & the Individual Permit
- View of Stormwater Monitoring Sites
- Stormwater Control Structures
- How are the aftereffects of wildfire managed?
- Las Conchas Wildfire
- Stormwater Controls after Wildfire
- Los Alamos Canyon Weir
- 10,000 Willows
- Pueblo Canyon Grade Control Structure
- Early Notification Gages
- Protections: Monitoring ›
- Protection #3: Monitor and Survey
- Tour: Environmental Monitoring
- Groundwater Monitoring
- How does LANL determine where to put a monitoring well?
- Protection of the Groundwater Resource
- The Location Investigation Process
- The Location Determination Process
- Monitoring Well Placement
- Contaminant Sources
- Groundwater Monitoring Network
- View of Groundwater Monitoring Sites
- Well Placement Decision Process
- Create a Sustainable Future ›
- Multimedia ›
Environmental Cleanup: American Recovery and Reinvestment Act
Demolition of Cold War–era buildings at TA-21
In 2010 and 2011, LANL received $212 million in funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to complete three environmental cleanup projects by the end of 2011:
- Decontaminate and demolish 24 buildings at TA-21
- Excavate MDA B, LANL's oldest waste disposal site, used from 1944-48
- Install 16 groundwater monitoring wells
By September 2011, all projects were complete.
To protect air quality, MDA B is excavated under a dome.
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act:
The Beginning
In an event that includes the Department of Energy and the New Mexico Environment Department, LANL begins demolition at TA-21.
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